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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Securing the advanced reactor fleet
Physical protection accounts for a significant portion of a nuclear power plant’s operational costs. As the U.S. moves toward smaller and safer advanced reactors, similar protection strategies could prove cost prohibitive. For tomorrow’s small modular reactors and microreactors, security costs must remain appropriate to the size of the reactor for economical operation.
Technical Session|Reactor Physics
Saturday, April 6, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Hosler Room 026
Session Chair:
Caroline E. Ishak (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Katheren R. Bosson Nantes (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan Balog (Penn State University)
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Development of a Hybrid Neutron Transport Solver
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Hirepan Palomares Chavez (Chalmers Univ. Technology)
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Analysis of Metal Hydroxides as Coolants/Moderators for Small Modular Reactors
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Michael Brandt (U.S. Naval Academy), Stuart R. Blair (U.S. Naval Academy)
Variance Reduction within Implicit Monte Carlo Thermal Radiation Transport Using the Local Importance Function Transform
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Max S. Hollett (Oregon State)
Quickly Generating ORIGEN XS Libraries with OBIWAN in Preparation for MSR Thermochemical Analysis
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Kyle J. Luna (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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