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College students help develop waste-measuring device at Hanford
A partnership between Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) and Washington State University has resulted in the development of a device to measure radioactive and chemical tank waste at the Hanford Site. WRPS is the contractor at Hanford for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by NNPD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|4:50–6:30PM EST
Session Chair:
John D. Bess
Alternate Chair:
Jesse Norris (LLNL)
Session Organizer:
Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL)
Staff Producer:
Mich Leana (American Nuclear Society)
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Validation and Independent Uncertainty Analysis of the MIX-SOL-THERM-003 ICSBEP Benchmark
Cole M. Kostelac (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jennifer L. Alwin (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Wim Haeck (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kristina Y. Spencer (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Rene G. Sanchez (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Nicholas Thompson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Application of the Rossi-alpha method to simulations of HEU and organic scintillators
Rene G. Sanchez (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Alexander T. McSpaden (Los Alamos National Laboratory), George E. McKenzie (Los Alamos National Laboratory), William L. Myers (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Robert A. Weldon (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Rossi-alpha Uncertainty by Analytic, Bootstrap, and Sample Methods to Inform Fitting Best Practices
Sara A. Pozzi (University of Michigan), George E. McKenzie (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Rowan Marchie (University of Michigan), Caiser A. Bravo (University of Michigan), Michael Hua (University of Michigan)
Simulated Energy Response in a Multiplicity Detector
Shaheen A. Dewji (Texas A&M University), Mark Nelson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Hadyn M. Kistle (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
SSA Monte Carlo and Master Equation Modeling of Neutron Leakage Distributions
Anil K. Prinja (University of New Mexico), Jawad R. Moussa (University of New Mexico)
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