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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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EnergySolutions to help explore advanced reactor development in Utah
Utah-based waste management company EnergySolutions announced that it has signed a memorandum of understating with the Intermountain Power Agency and the state of Utah to explore the development of advanced nuclear power generation at the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) site near Delta, Utah.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Radiation Transport Methods
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
Bill Martin (Univ. of Michigan)
Alternate Chair:
Tara Pandya (ORNL)
Track Organizer:
Scott Palmtag (NCSU)
Staff Producer:
Nicholas Herring (Univ. of Michigan)
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MPACT Diffusion Coefficient Improvement Through Westinghouse Collaboration
Shane G. Stimpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thomas J. Downar (University of Michigan), Aaron M. Graham (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kang S. Kim (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Corporation)
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Subgrid Methods to Address Axial Heterogeneities in MPACT
Thomas J. Downar (University of Michigan), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Shane G. Stimpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Aaron M. Graham (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Verification Framework in MPACT
Jipu Wang (University of Michigan), Martin Pilch (MPilchConsulting), Brendan M. Kochunas (University of Michigan), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thomas J. Downar (University of Michigan), William R. Martin (University of Michigan)
MPACT Validation
Shane Stimpson (Oak Ridge National Lab), Ben S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Lab), Yuxuan Liu (University of Michigan), Brendan M. Kochunas (University of Michigan), Tom Downar (University of Michigan)
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