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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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The news is abuzz with recent news stories about four radioactive wasp nests found at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The site has been undergoing cleanup operations since the 1990s related to the production of plutonium and tritium for defense purposes during the Cold War. Cleanup activities are expected to continue into the 2060s.
Workshop
Thursday, April 8, 2021|4:00–6:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Sterling M. Harper
Alternate Chair:
Patrick Shriwise (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Edward Chen (NC State Univ.)
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Session Producers:
Grigorios Delipei (NCSU)
Come join this interactive workshop and learn about OpenMC, an open source Monte Carlo code. We will introduce some of the basics of the code and also give you a chance to try a few of the more advanced features unique to OpenMC. Come join this interactive workshop and learn about OpenMC, an open source Monte Carlo code. You will be able to run our examples in the cloud via a web browser so no need to install any software before the conference.
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