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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Webinar: MC&A and safety in advanced reactors in focus
Towell
Russell
Prasad
The American Nuclear Society’s Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division recently hosted a webinar on updating material control and accounting (MC&A) and security regulations for the evolving field of advanced reactors.
Moderator Shikha Prasad (CEO, Srijan LLC) was joined by two presenters, John Russell and Lester Towell, who looked at how regulations that were historically developed for traditional light water reactors will apply to the next generation of nuclear technology and what changes need to be made.
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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