ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Latest Magazine Issues
Jan 2026
Jul 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
February 2026
Nuclear Technology
December 2025
Fusion Science and Technology
November 2025
Latest News
Mark your calendars for the ANS Student Conference
Spring will be here before we know it, and with it will come the 2026 ANS Student Conference, which will take place April 16–18 in College Station, Texas, at Texas A&M University.
Registration for the conference is now open. Click here to learn more.
Technical Session
Monday, May 16, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM EDT|Brighton I/II
Session Chair:
Patrick Blaise
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Eugene Shwageraus
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
Comparative Critical Mass Calculations for NNL and ENDF/B-VIII.0 Zirconium Hydride Thermal Neutron Scattering Laws
J.L. Wormald (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), J.C. Holmes (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), M.L. Zerkle (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Paper
Consideration of Alternative Coolants in AGR-Like FHR Designs
Marat Margulis (Bangor Univ.), Paul Cosgrove (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.