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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DOE meeting focuses on Marshall Islands’ legacy activity
The Department of Energy Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security (EHSS) held its annual meeting this month with the government of the Marshall Islands. The two-and-a-half-day meeting, in Honolulu, Hawaii, focused on ongoing cooperative efforts and programs related to the legacy of U.S. nuclear weapons testing from the 1940s and 1950s. The United States began cleanup operations on the islands in the 1970s.
Technical Session
Wednesday, September 17, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Grand Salon DE
Session Chair:
Andrew Holcomb (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Alex Shaw (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Travis M. Greene
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Modernization of SRNS 12-Rad Zone Analysis - MCNP-Based Explicit Methodology
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Daniel P. Speaker (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), William D. Newmyer (Spectra Tech)
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Applicative Uses Of Generational Genetics Algorithms For Criticality Safety Assessment Demonstrations
1:20–1:40PM CDT
David Noyelles (CEA), Michael Prigniau (CEA)
Tolerance Limits in Criticality Safety Analysis and Issues in NUREG 6698
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Axel Hoefer (Framatome)
TRISO Fuel Homogeneous Critical Standard Values for Nuclear Criticality Safety Assessment
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Thomas Albert (ASNR), Aurélie Bardelay (ASNR)
Explicit Modeling of B4C in Neutron Absorber Plates with SCALE
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Eirena Klemes (NCSU), Mathieu N. Dupont (ORNL), William J. Marshall (ORNL)
Presented by Alex Shaw (ORNL)
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