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November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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High temperature fission chambers engineered for AMR/SMR safety and performance
As the global energy landscape shifts towards safer, smaller, and more flexible nuclear power, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Gen. IV* technologies are at the forefront of innovation. These advanced designs pose new challenges in size, efficiency, and operating environment that traditional instrumentation and control solutions aren’t always designed to handle.
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|2
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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