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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Another building prepares to come down at Oak Ridge’s Y-12 complex
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said that crews with the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its cleanup contractor UCOR are preparing to demolish another deteriorating Manhattan Project–era building at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Technical Session|Nonproliferation, Security, and Safeguards
Saturday, April 6, 2024|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Leonhard Building Room 102
Session Chair:
Chris Balbier (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Jacob Maxeiner (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Application of Machine Learning for Molten Salt Reactors Safeguards
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Branko Kovacevic (Penn State), Andre V. Soares (Penn State), William Walters (Penn State), Amanda M. Johnsen (Penn State)
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Parallel Processing of Image Databases for Accelerated Morphological Analysis Summarized
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Edward Goodell (Univ. Utah), Glenn E. Sjoden (Univ. Utah), Reid Porter (Pooka Play, LLC), Luther McDonald (Univ. Utah), Kari Sentz (LANL)
Applications of Comprehensive Visual Transport Security Risk Model to Enhance Nuclear Security Regimes
2:15–2:35PM EDT
Christine E. George (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Yield Estimation of Lop Nur Underground Nuclear Tests Using Historical Seismic Data
2:35–2:36PM EDT
Erick E. Rodriguez (U.S. Military Academy), Nickolas Duncan (U.S. Military Academy)
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