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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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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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