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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
Monday, September 15, 2025|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Grand Salon AB
Session Chair:
Kristin Stolte
Alternate Chair:
Rowdy Davis
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PCI Nuclear Recriticality Test Study by Standards of ASTM E10&E37
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Yan Peng (CIAE)
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Experimental Effects of Hand Reflection on the BeRP Ball
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Juan A. Dominguez (LANL), David G. Swindall (LANL), Steven J. Wachtel (LANL), David K. Hayes (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL), Kyle G. Mayfield (LANL)
Pulsed-Neutron Die-Away Experiment Design for Validating Heavy Water (D2O) Thermal Scattering Laws
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Rida Rahman (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Daniel Siefman (Univ. California, Berkeley), Jacob Glesmann (LLNL), Ruby Araj (LLNL), Vladimir Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Evaluation of Sandia NCS Benchmark Suite Updates
4:15–4:35PM CDT
A. Morell-Pacheco (Sandia), Z. Dodson (Univ. Michigan), W. M. Cook (Sandia), J. A. Miller (Sandia)
Challenges of Benchmarking the University of New Mexico's AGN-201M Reactor
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Larry L. Wetzel (Boston Government Services), Rowdy Davis (Univ. New Mexico), Robert D. Busch (Univ. New Mexico)
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