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Conference Spotlight
2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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What’s the most difficult question you’ve been asked as a maintenance instructor?
Blye Widmar
"Where are the prints?!"
This was the final question in an onslaught of verbal feedback, comments, and critiques I received from my students back in 2019. I had two years of instructor experience and was teaching a class that had been meticulously rehearsed in preparation for an accreditation visit. I knew the training material well and transferred that knowledge effectively enough for all the students to pass the class. As we wrapped up, I asked the students how they felt about my first big system-level class, and they did not hold back.
“Why was the exam from memory when we don’t work from memory in the plant?” “Why didn’t we refer to the vendor documents?” “Why didn’t we practice more on the mock-up?” And so on.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|8:00–9:45AM EDT|Haselton
Session Chair:
Baocheng Zhang (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Petri Guimaraes (Studsvik Scandpower)
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Comparison of CASMO-5, MPACT and Serpent 2 for the Modeling of Advanced BWR Lattices
M. Hursin (Paul Scherrer Institute), P. Mala (Paul Scherrer Institute), A. Vasiliev (Paul Scherrer Institute), H. Ferroukhi (Paul Scherrer Institute), Yuxuan Liu (Univ. Michigan), Sooyoung Choi (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)
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Demonstration of an Embedded Diffusion Scheme for Modelling the BEAVRS Benchmark Problem
R. H. Prinsloo (Necsa), S.A. Groenewald (Necsa), C. Jacobs (Necsa), D.I. Tomašević (Necsa)
Presented by Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
Development and Validation of the GNF Core Simulator Package LANCR02/PANAC11 for the Evaluation of Boiling Water Reactors with LEU+ and High Burn-up Fuel Characteristics
J. Hannah (Global Nuclear Fuel), K. Bennett (Global Nuclear Fuel), G. Cuevas-Vivas (Global Nuclear Fuel), J. Finch (Global Nuclear Fuel), F. Jones (Global Nuclear Fuel), L. Pogosbekyan (Global Nuclear Fuel), B. Ward (Global Nuclear Fuel)
Fuel Cycle Depletion to Spent Fuel Gamma Facility Dose Rate Validation Studies
D. Chandler (ORNL)
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