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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Ukrainian nuclear innovator competition winners announced
For the second consecutive year, the Ukrainian Nuclear Society (UkrNS) held its Nuclear Innovators competition, was organized in partnership with ANS and other leading institutions in the nuclear sector worldwide. The two winners were announced on May 7.
Technical Session|Methods
Wednesday, April 24, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Continental Ballroom 2
Session Chair:
Piero Ravetto (-)
Alternate Chair:
Marco Tiberga (EDF)
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The Random Ray Method Applied to Fixed Source Transport Problems
10:15–10:35AM PDT
P. Cosgrove (Univ. Cambridge), J.R. Tramm (ANL)
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Application of the Random Ray Method to Global Variance Reduction in Radiation Shielding Problems
10:35–10:55AM PDT
V. Raffuzzi (Univ. Cambridge), P. Cosgrove (Univ. Cambridge), P.C. Shriwise (ANL), J.R. Tramm (ANL)
Monte Carlo Calculations in Support of Rod Insertion Measurements
10:55–11:15AM PDT
Tanja Goričanec (Jožef Stefan Institute), Luka Snoj (Jožef Stefan Institute), Marjan Kromar (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Applicability of Shift-Generated Albedos for Reactor Analysis with MPACT
11:15–11:35AM PDT
Nicholas Herring (Univ. Texas, Austin), Benjamin Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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