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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
Jason Hou (NC State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Organizer:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (American Nuclear Society)
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Preliminary Benchmark Calculations of Spent Nuclear Fuel Isotopic Compositions Using BWR Assay Data
Andy Rivas (University of Florida), Jason Hou (NC State University), Germina Ilas (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Benchmarking VERA for Criticality and Depletion Calculations of Accident Tolerant Fuels
Arthur Viette (Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC), Kang S. Kim (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Isotopic Validation Study of SCALE for HALEU with the IFA-601 Experimental Data
Tucker D. Sawyer (University of Texas at Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin)
Revision of Sample Spectra Calculations for Fast Flux Test Facility Benchmark
John D. Bess (Idaho National Laboratory)
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