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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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After nearly three weeks of a government shutdown, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has furloughed 1,400 employees and has retained 400 as essential employees who will continue working without pay.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Nuclear Criticality Safety
Saturday, April 16, 2022|8:00–9:30AM CDT|Loyalty Room
Sponsored by ANS Nuclear Criticality Safety Division
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Feasibility of a Critical Experiment with Spectrum Shifting Capabilities of Beryllium Oxide from the Thermal to Intermediate Energy Range
Ashley R. Raster (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
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Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Critical Experiment Design
Cole M. Kostelac (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Ayodeji B. Alajo (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Nicholas Thompson (LANL), Rene G. Sanchez (LANL), Noah A. Kleedtke (LANL)
Nuclear Critical Safety Evaluation of Machining Highly Enriched Uranium Rings
Farhana I. Farha (Univ. California, Berkeley), Benjamin Huang (Univ. California, Berkeley), Chaitanya Peddeti (Univ. California, Berkeley)
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