ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Latest Magazine Issues
Mar 2026
Jan 2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
March 2026
Nuclear Technology
February 2026
Fusion Science and Technology
April 2026
Latest News
Kentucky disburses $10M in nuclear grants
The Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority (KNEDA) recently distributed its first awards through the new Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, which was established last year. In total, KNEDA disbursed $10 million to a variety of companies that will use the funding to support siting studies, enrichment supply-chain planning, workforce training, and curriculum development.
Technical Session|Methods
Wednesday, April 24, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Continental Ballroom 1
Session Chair:
Tomoaki Watanabe (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Alternate Chair:
Anselmo T. Cisneros (TerraPower)
Session Organizer:
Go Chiba (Hokkaido University)
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
Validation of ENDF/B-VIII.0 Cross-Section Library for METAL-FAST Graphite Systems
10:15–10:35AM PDT
Paul Vollrath (Georgia Tech), Farzad Rahnema (Georgia Tech), Alex Shaw (ORNL)
Paper
Investigation of the Impact of TSL Data Libraries and Geometry Variations on the MSRE Benchmark
10:35–10:55AM PDT
Aidana Bauyrzhan (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
Assessing Criticality Implications of Small Angle Neutron Scattering and Porosity Misrepresentation in ENDF/B-VIII.1 TSLs for Nuclear Graphite
10:55–11:15AM PDT
Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Iyad Al-Qasir (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Anne Campbell (ORNL), Kyle Grammer (ORNL), Zain Karriem (ORNL), Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian (European Spallation Source), Mark Baird (ORNL), Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL), Luke Daemen (ORNL), Eric Novak (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Luiz Leal (ORNL), Germina Ilas (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Comparison of Coarse Energy Group Structures for Graphite Moderated Molten Salt Reactors and Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Modeling
11:15–11:35AM PDT
J. Faulkner (Georgia Tech), B. Petrovic (Georgia Tech)
Reactivity Impact of Updated 35Cl Nuclear Data on the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment
11:35–11:55AM PDT
T. Cisneros (TerraPower), M. Wargon (TerraPower), K. Hanselman (LANL), T. Kawano (LANL), S.A. Kuvin (LANL), H.Y. Lee (LANL)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.