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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The predawn darkness on a cool Florida night was shattered by the ignition of nine Merlin engines on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The thrust of the engines shook the ground miles away. From a distance, the rocket appeared to slowly rise above the horizon. For the cargo onboard, the launch was anything but gentle, as the ignition of liquid oxygen generated more than 1.5 million pounds of force. After the rocket had been out of sight for several minutes, the booster dramatically returned to Earth with several sonic booms in a captivating show of engineering designed to make space travel less expensive and more sustainable.
Technical Session
Wednesday, September 17, 2025|8:00–9:40AM CDT|Grand Salon DE
Session Chair:
Jeongwon Seo (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Alternate Chair:
Michael E. Rising
Session Organizer:
Travis M. Greene
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Polynomial Chaos Expansion for Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of Integral Experiment Benchmark Evaluations
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Elijah C. Lutz (Sandia), John A. Miller (Sandia), Ayodeji B. Alajo (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Paper
Reassessing the Origins and Contemporary Relevance of ck Acceptability Parameters Given Evolving Perspectives on Similarity
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Veronica Karriem (ORNL), Travis Greene (ORNL), Douglas Bowen (ORNL)
Assessment of Source Term Uncertainties for Criticality Monitoring Simulations of Fukushima Daiichi Fuel Debris Retrieval Operations
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Lucas Rolison (LANL), Jawad Moussa (LANL), Michael Rising (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Verification of the Uniformly-Ordered Binary Decision Algorithm in Correlated-Benchmark Whisper Calculations
9:00–9:20AM CDT
A. R. Clark (LANL), M. E. Rising (LANL)
Criticality Safety S/U based USL Calculation for UCl3-NaCl Fuel Salt Operations
9:20–9:30AM CDT
Konner Casanova (INL)
SCALE Confirmatory Calculations to Support LEU+ Burnup Credit in PWR Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analyses
9:30–9:40AM CDT
Robert A. Hall (Duke Energy), David S. Orr (Duke Energy)
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