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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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INL researchers use LEDs to shed light on next-gen reactors
At Idaho National Laboratory, researchers have built a bridge between computer models and the lab’s Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) microreactor.
Tony Crawford, an INL researcher and MARVEL’s reactivity control system lead, designed a phone booth–sized surrogate nuclear reactor called ViBRANT, or Visual Benign Reactor as Analog for Nuclear Testing, which uses light instead of neutrons to show a “nuclear” reaction.
Technical Session
Wednesday, May 18, 2022|3:30–5:15PM EDT|Fountainview
Session Chair:
Aaron Graham (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Michael E. Gavalek (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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LEU+ BWR Lattice Design Optimization of Using SCALE/Polaris
Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Mehdi Asgari (ORNL)
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Development of Cross-Section Data Set Repository and Interpolation Code System, LOCUS
Michael Gavalek (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Akinori Giho (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ho Q. Lam (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Baocheng Zhang (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Verification of SIMULATE5 Pin Powers for Large Assembly Bow
Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik Scandpower)
NEWT Lattice Physics Code Bias Analysis and Compensation Strategy for Pressurized Water Reactor Calculations
L. Durán-Vinuesa (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), D. Cuervo (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), N. Garcia-Herranz (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid)
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