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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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ANS joins others in seeking to discuss SNF/HLW impasse
The American Nuclear Society joined seven other organizations to send a letter to Energy Secretary Christopher Wright on July 8, asking to meet with him to discuss “the restoration of a highly functioning program to meet DOE’s legal responsibility to manage and dispose of the nation’s commercial and legacy defense spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).”
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by NNPD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
William Myers (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
John D. Bess
Session Organizer:
Jesson D. Hutchinson
Staff Producer:
Mich Leana (American Nuclear Society)
Here is the link for the best paper survey. Voting will close on Saturday. Please let me know if you have any questions. https://forms.gle/niDQWZB9ihkeg8EM7
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Sensitivity Studies, Gap Analysis, and Benchmark Experiment Optimization for Reactor Physics and Criticality Safety Applications
Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Robert C. Little (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Nicholas W. Thompson (Los Alamos National Lab), Travis A. Smith (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Michael E. Rising (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Isaac J. Michaud (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Noah A. Kleedtke (University of Michigan), Travis J. Grove (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jennifer L. Alwin (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Gaussian Process Optimization of Sensitivity-Based Similarity Metrics between New Nuclear Applications and New/Existing Benchmarks
Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Isaac J. Michaud (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Michael E. Rising (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Travis J. Grove (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Brian C. Kiedrowski (University of Michigan), Noah A. Kleedtke (University of Michigan)
Subcriticality Estimation using Unscented Kalman Filter for Reactivity- and Source-Transients
Cheol Ho Pyeon (Kyoto University, Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science), Masao Yamanaka (Kyoto University, Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya University), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya University)
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Effect of Nuclear Data Covariances on Integral Experiment Design with Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis
David P. Heinrichs (LLNL), Alyssa Kersting (WRPS), Catherine M. Percher (LLNL), Daniel J. Siefman (LLNL)
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