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November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today, Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as a commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was urged to maintain the agency’s independence regardless of political pressure from the Trump administration.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Physics Integration
Thursday, November 19, 2020|2:30–4:15PM EST|3
Session Chair:
Bob Salko (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Yunlin Xu (Purdue)
Track Organizer:
Scott Palmtag (NCSU)
Staff Producer:
Avery Grieve (Univ. of Michigan)
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Motivation and Computational Challenges for Reactivity Insertion Accidents with VERA-CS
Brendan M. Kochunas (University of Michigan), Aaron J. Wysocki (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Validation of VERA-CS with SPERT
Thomas J. Downar (University of Michigan), Brendan M. Kochunas (University of Michigan), Yunlin Xu (Purdue University), Qicang Shen (University of Michigan)
Improvement of CTF for RIA Analysis
Aaron J. Wysocki (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jianwei Hu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Robert K. Salko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brendan M. Kochunas (University of Michigan)
Multi-level Predictor-Corrector Method for 3D Whole Core Transport Transient Analysis
Yunlin Xu (Purdue University), Qicang Shen (University of Michigan), Brendan M. Kochunas (Univ of Michigan)
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