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2020 ANS Virtual Winter Meeting
November 16–19, 2020
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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 NISD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|11:00AM–1:10PM (12:00–2:10PM EST)
The session will be available to join at 10:30AM (11:30AM EST).
Session Chair:
Matthew Bucknor (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
David S. Grabaskas
Session Organizer:
Andrew J. Clark
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Structures, Systems, and Components Classification Criteria for the Versatile Test Reactor
David S. Grabaskas (Argonne National Laboratory), Jason P. Andrus (Idaho National Laboratory), Doug M. Gerstner (Idaho National Laboratory), Matthew D. Bucknor (Argonne National Laboratory), Jonathan Li (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Dennis W. Henneke (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Matthew Warner (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
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Comparison of the NACOM Sodium Fire Code with the AB5 and AB6 Experiments
James J. Sienicki (Argonne National Laboratory), Anton Moisseytsev (Argonne National Laboratory), Matthew D. Bucknor (Argonne National Laboratory)
Comparison of the SOFIRE II Sodium Fire Code with the AB1 and F2 Experiments
Flame Sheet Model for Sodium Pool Burning
James J. Sienicki (Argonne National Laboratory)
Verification and Validation of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for the Versatile Test Reactor: RVACS
Carlo Parisi (Idaho National Laboratory), Nolan Anderson (Idaho National Laboratory), Frederick N. Gleicher (Idaho National Laboratory), Su-Jong Yoon (Idaho National Laboratory), Acacia J. Brunett (Argonne National Laboratory), Daniel O'Grady (Argonne National Laboratory), Lander Ibarra (Argonne National Laboratory), Thomas H. Fanning (Argonne National Laboratory)
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