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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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The newest era of workforce development at ANS
As most attendees of this year’s ANS Annual Conference left breakfast in the Grand Ballroom of the Chicago Downtown Marriott to sit in on presentations covering everything from career pathways in fusion to recently digitized archival nuclear films, 40 of them made their way to the hotel’s fifth floor to take part in the second offering of Nuclear 101, a newly designed certification course that seeks to give professionals who are in or adjacent to the industry an in-depth understanding of the essentials of nuclear energy and engineering from some of the field’s leading experts.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Advanced Modeling Applications
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|4:50–6:30PM EST
Session Chair:
Andrew Godfrey (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
David Kropaczek (ORNL)
Track Organizer:
Scott Palmtag (NCSU)
Staff Producer:
William Dawn (NC State Univ.)
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Davis-Besse Dosimetry Benchmark using VERA and SHIFT
Greg H. Hobson (Framatome Inc.), Herschel Smith (Framatome/BHI Energy)
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Evaluation of VERA Ex-Core Fluence Analysis Capabilities for Industry Applications
Dean B. Jones (TransWare Enterprises Inc.), Eva E. Davidson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Michael A. Burke (Electric Power Research Institute), Gary Stevens (Electric Power Research Institute), Terrill Massey (Electric Power Research Institute), Brenden T. Mervin (Electric Power Research Institute)
Benchmarking of Source Range Detector Responses during Watts Bar Unit 1 Refueling
Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Katherine E. Royston (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Tara M. Pandya (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Cole A. Gentry (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Gary Wolfram (Tennessee Valley Authority), Eva E. Davidson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Validation of Ex-Core Detector Response Calculations for Shearon Harris
Herschel Smith (Duke Energy Foundation), Katherine E. Royston (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Tara M. Pandya (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Eva E. Davidson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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