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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
John D. Bess
Alternate Chair:
William M. Cook
Session Organizer:
Vladimir Sobes
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/uNphtdjb6Rc6mYwc8
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The 2020 Edition of the ICSBEP Handbook
John D. Bess (Idaho National Laboratory), Lori Scott (NCSP), Ian P. Hill (Nuclear Energy Agency/OECD), Tatiana Ivanova (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
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Initial Efforts Organizing WPNCS SG-8: Preservation of Expert Knowledge and Judgement Applied to Criticality Benchmarks
Catherine M. Percher (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Shuichi TSUDA (OECD/NEA), Ellen M. Saylor (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), William J. Marshall (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Nicolas Leclaire (Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN)), Ian P. Hill (Nuclear Energy Agency/OECD), Isabelle Duhamel (Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN)), Douglas G. Bowen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), John D. Bess (Idaho National Laboratory), William Wieselquist (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Benched: Upgrading and Updating the Los Alamos Benchmark Suite for the 21st Century
Jennifer L. Alwin (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kristina Y. Spencer (LANL), Wim Haeck (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Validation of MCNP Critical Benchmark Models of Moderated Highly Enriched Uranium Slabs
Wim Haeck (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jennifer L. Alwin (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Krintina Y. Spencer (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Bradley Madahar (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Dalton T. Wise (Texas A&M University)
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