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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by NNPD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Jesse D. Norris (LLNL)
Alternate Chair:
Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL)
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Staff Producer:
Mich Leana (American Nuclear Society)
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Status of the KRUSTY Benchmark Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis
Jeffrey A. Favorite (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Travis J. Grove (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Rene G. Sanchez (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kristin N. Smith (Texas A&M University College Station), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory), George E. McKenzie (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Fast-Spectrum Critical Assemblies with a Pb-HEU Core Surrounded by a Copper Reflector
George E. McKenzie (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Joetta M. Goda (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kelsey Amundson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
TEX-HEU: Integral Experiments with Highly Enriched Uranium and Polyethylene
Catherine G. Percher (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Dave P. Heinrichs (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), William J. Zywiec (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Anthony J. Nelson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Jesse D. Norris (University of California Berkeley)
Update on the Benchmark Analysis of the Jupiter Experiments: Plutonium Moderated by Lead
Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), George E. McKenzie (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Joetta M. Goda (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Alexander T. McSpaden (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Critical Unresolved Region Integral Experiment Execution
David K. Hayes (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Rene G. Sanchez (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Joetta M. Goda (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), George E. McKenzie (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Travis J. Grove (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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