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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
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2020 ANS Virtual Winter Meeting
November 16–19, 2020
Virtual Meeting|Online
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Missouri S&T’s nuclear engineering program gains department status
Missouri S&T’s pool-type nuclear reactor. Photo: Sam O’Keefe/Missouri S&T
Sixty years ago, the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), then known as the University of Missouri at Rolla, was one of the first U.S. institutions to offer a nuclear engineering degree. Now, decades after it was offered as an option within metallurgical engineering, Missouri S&T’s nuclear program has attained new status as the Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science Department, the university announced on October 20.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by NNPD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|1:40–3:20PM (2:40–4:20PM EST)
The session will be available to join at 1:10PM (2:10PM EST).
Session Chair:
William Myers (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
John D. Bess
Session Organizer:
Jesson D. Hutchinson
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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), Jennifer L. Alwin (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Noah A. Kleedtke (University of Michigan), Travis J. Grove (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Isaac J. Michaud (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Travis A. Smith (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Michael E. Rising (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Nicholas W. Thompson (Los Alamos National Lab), Robert C. Little (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Summary
Gaussian Process Optimization of Sensitivity-Based Similarity Metrics between New Nuclear Applications and New/Existing Benchmarks
Noah A. Kleedtke (University of Michigan), Brian C. Kiedrowski (University of Michigan), Travis J. Grove (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Michael E. Rising (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Isaac J. Michaud (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Subcriticality Estimation using Unscented Kalman Filter for Reactivity- and Source-Transients
Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya University), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya University), Cheol Ho Pyeon (Kyoto University, Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science), Masao Yamanaka (Kyoto University, Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science)
Effect of Nuclear Data Covariances on Integral Experiment Design with Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis
Daniel J. Siefman (LLNL), Catherine M. Percher (LLNL), David P. Heinrichs (LLNL), Alyssa Kersting (WRPS)
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