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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|3:15–4:55PM MDT|E.P. Ensley B
Session Chair:
Shawn Pautz (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Simon Richards (Amentum)
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Effects of Models Used in Stochastic Fission Event Energy Deposition Distribution Simulations
3:15–3:40PM MDT
Patrick O'Rourke (LANL), Amy Lovell (LANL), Anil Prinja (Univ. New Mexico), Scott Ramsey (LANL)
Paper
Implicit Monte Carlo Thermal Radiative Transfer for Three-Dimensional Binary Stochastic Media: Markovian and Renewal Material Statistics
3:40–4:05PM MDT
Patrick S. Brantley (LLNL), Vincent N. Novellino (NCSU)
Monte Carlo Particle Transport in Renewal Statistical Media
4:05–4:30PM MDT
Dominic A. Lioce (Univ. California, Berkeley), Patrick S. Brantley (LLNL), Anil K. Prinja (Univ. New Mexico)
A Generalized Master Equation for Transport in Binary Random Media with Renewal Statistics
4:30–4:55PM MDT
Anil K. Prinja (Univ. New Mexico), Dominic A. Lioce (Univ. California, Berkeley)
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