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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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A day anticipated by many across the nuclear community has finally arrived: NextEra Energy has officially announced its plans to restart Iowa’s only nuclear power plant, the Duane Arnold Energy Center.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Fantail
Session Chair:
Mandy Bowles Tomaszewski
Alternate Chair:
Theresa E. Cutler
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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Why the US Needs an Enduring Plutonium Critical Assembly
3:15–3:35PM EST
J. Hutchinson (LANL), C. Kostelac (LANL), R. Little (LANL), J. Marlow (LANL), J. McKamy (LANL), G. McMath (LANL), K. Stolte (LANL), G. McKenzie (LANL)
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Importance of Higher Fidelity Model Geometries During Optimization of Critical Experiments
3:35–3:55PM EST
Peter Brain (LANL), Kelsey Amundson (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Noah Kleedtke (LANL), Eric Williamson (LANL)
The PARADIGM Project: Case Study in Balancing Experiment Uncertainty with Design Simplicity
3:55–4:15PM EST
T. Cutler (LANL), K. Amundson (LANL), P. Brain (LANL), M. Devlin (LANL), N. Gibson (LANL), J. Hutchinson (LANL), N. Kleedtke (LANL), R. Little (LANL), D. Neudecker (LANL), E. Williamson (LANL)
Neutron Noise Analysis on Simulated Scatter-Based Detector List Mode Data for Subcritical MUSiC Configurations Using MCNP6.3 PTRAC
4:15–4:35PM EST
Luke Oukrop (LANL), Robert Weldon (LANL), Travis Grove (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Rene Sanchez (LANL), Geordie McKenzie (LANL), Alexander McSpaden (LANL)
Preliminary Benchmark Uncertainties for Deimos, a HALEU-Fueled and Graphite-Moderated Advanced Reactor Testbed
4:35–4:55PM EST
Peter Brain (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Kristin Stolte (LANL)
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