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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Southern Nuclear is leading the charge in artificial intelligence integration, with employee-developed applications driving efficiencies in maintenance, operations, safety, and performance.
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Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|8:00–9:45AM EST|Canaveral 3
Session Chair:
Akio Yamamoto
Alternate Chair:
Manit D. Shah (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Comparative Analysis of Heat Deposition Rates and DPA in the HFIR Flux Trap to Support LEU Conversion
8:00–8:20AM EST
K.M. Burg (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), D. Chandler (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), Y.E. Robert (ORNL)
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Development Status of MCSTD-GPU: GPU-Based Monte Carlo Time-Dependent Code for Reactor Transient Analysis
8:20–8:40AM EST
Eun Jeong (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Code-to-Code Verification of the ARC Codes on a 1500 MWth Metallic-Fueled SFR Core
8:40–9:00AM EST
Ahmed A. Abdelhameed (ANL), Kyle Ramey (ANL), Kalin Kiesling (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL)
Flux Characterization of Washington State University's Epithermal Neutron Beam Facility
9:00–9:20AM EST
Travis J. Zipperer (PNNL), Larry R. Greenwood (PNNL), Bruce D. Pierson (PNNL), Walter G. Luscher (PNNL), Hillary L. Bennett (Washington State), Corey Hines (Washington State)
2D Cylindrical SP3 Transport Calculation Using Finite Volume Method with Cross-Diffusion Treatment for Unstructured Meshes
9:20–9:40AM EST
Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.)
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