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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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MARVEL PDSA approval could serve as blueprint
MARVEL, the Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation project at Idaho National Laboratory, has had its preliminary documented safety analysis approved by the Department of Energy, marking a milestone in its development and serving as a potential outline for other microreactors in development.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|8:00–9:45AM EST|Fantail
Session Chair:
Amy E. van der Vyver
Alternate Chair:
Benjamin Martin
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Safety Cases: Assumptions Versus Reality
8:00–8:20AM EST
James Rendell (National Nuclear Laboratory)
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Functional Classification of Criticality Safety Controls at the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility
8:20–8:40AM EST
Brittany M. Williamson (Spectra Tech)
Investigating Hydrogen Thermal Scattering Law Data with Critical Benchmarks
8:40–9:00AM EST
T.M. Greene (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), C.W. Chapman (ORNL)
Evaluation of Thermal Neutron Scattering Cross Section of α-U3O8 with Ab Initio Lattice Dynamics
9:00–9:20AM EST
Junhyoung Gil (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
An Approach to Obtaining the Best-Estimate keff for Uncertainty in ZPPR Plates
9:20–9:40AM EST
Veronica Karriem (ORNL), Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
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