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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Oklo now trading on NYSE
After completing its business combination with AltC Acquisition Corp, Oklo Inc. began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OKLO this past Friday, May 10.
The company is aiming to provide clean, reliable, affordable nuclear energy to customers across the artificial intelligence, data center, energy, defense, and industrial markets. Sam Altman, chairman of Oklo since 2015 and former chief executive of AltC, called the first day on the NYSE a milestone for the entire team.
Technical Session|Methods
Monday, April 22, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Franciscan C
Session Chair:
Tatsuya Fujita (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Alternate Chair:
Thibault Sauzedde (CEA)
Session Organizer:
Go Chiba (Hokkaido University)
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A Comparison of the Modal Expansion Method and Exact-to-Precision Generalized Perturbation Theory Capabilities in Reactor Physics
10:15–10:35AM PDT
T. Sauzedde (CEA), P. Archier (CEA), F. Nguyen (CEA)
Paper
Adjoint-Based Perturbation Theory for Heat Conduction and Dynamics Coupled Multiphysics Simulations of Nuclear Reactor Transients
10:35–10:55AM PDT
Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Christopher M. Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico)
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Development of an Adjoint Approach for Calculating Sensitivities of Effective Kinetic Parameters in Continuous-Energy Monte Carlo Code RMC
10:55–11:15AM PDT
S. Jiang (Tsinghua Univ.), K. Wang (Tsinghua Univ.), P. Shen (Tsinghua Univ.)
Bayesian Inverse Problem and Uncertainty Quantification in the Joint Analysis of Neutron and Gamma Corrrelations
11:15–11:35AM PDT
Paul Lartaud (CEA), Philippe Humbert (CEA), Josselin Garnier (Institut Polytechnique de Paris)
Comparison of Bayesian Model Calibration Techniques for Future Application to Fuel Performance Behavior Models
11:35–11:55AM PDT
S. Maccario (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), A. Scolaro (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), A. Vasiliev (Paul Scherrer Institute), M. Hursin (Paul Scherrer Institute)
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