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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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College students help develop waste-measuring device at Hanford
A partnership between Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) and Washington State University has resulted in the development of a device to measure radioactive and chemical tank waste at the Hanford Site. WRPS is the contractor at Hanford for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
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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