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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Technical Session|Special Session on Stochastic Geometry and Particle Branching Processes
Monday, April 28, 2025|1:00–2:40PM MDT|E.P. Ensley B
Session Chair:
Chen Dubi (Nuclear Research Center Negev)
Alternate Chair:
Brian Franke (Sandia)
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Estimating the Ensemble-Average Effective Multiplication Factor and Neutron Scalar Flux Profile in Statistically Homogeneous Random Media Using a Nonclassical Model
1:00–1:25PM MDT
Leonardo Rodrigues da Costa Moraes (Universidade Estado Rio de Janeiro), Ricardo Carvalho de Barros (Universidade Estado Rio de Janeiro), Hermes Alves Filho (Universidade Estado Rio de Janeiro), Richard Vasques (Ohio State)
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Random Media Criticality Analysis Using the Randomized Fourier Series for Arbitrary-Shaped Power Spectrum
1:25–1:50PM MDT
Taro Ueki (JAEA)
Subcriticality Estimation Without Point Kinetics Parameters Based on Autocovariance of Reactor Noise Using Delayed Neutron Components
1:50–2:15PM MDT
Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Ryoga Hirota (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Kenichi Watanabe (Kyushu Univ.), Genichiro Wakabayashi (Kindai Univ.), Kengo Oda (Hokkaido Univ.), Junichi H. Kaneko (Hokkaido Univ.)
Reactivity Estimation in Dollar Units Based on Bayesian Monte Carlo Using Autocovariance of Reactor Noise Measurement
2:15–2:40PM MDT
Ryoga Hirota (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Kenichi Watanabe (Kyushu Univ.), Genichiro Wakabayash (Kindai Univ.), Kengo Oda (Hokkaido Univ.), Junichi H. Kaneko (Hokkaido Univ.)
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