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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Verification and Validation Impl
Thursday, November 19, 2020|10:00–11:45AM EST
Session Chair:
Chris Jones (Kansas State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Nathan Porter (Sandia)
Track Organizer:
Scott Palmtag (NC State Univ.)
Staff Producer:
Kai Duemmler (NC State Univ.)
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Subcooled Boiling Models in CTF: Analysis and Separate Effects Validation
Nathan W. Porter (Sandia National Laboratories), Lindsay N. Gilkey (Sandia National Laboratories)
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Verification: a physics-based procedure with applications to CTF and BISON
Nathan W. Porter (Sandia National Laboratories), Aysenur Toptan (Idaho National Laboratory), Robert K. Salko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Martin Pilch (MPilchConsulting)
Application of Predictive Capability Maturity Model for Assessment of VERA-CS for CASL Challenge Problems
Christopher Jones (Kansas State University), Paridhi Athe (North Carolina State University), Nam T. Dinh (North Carolina State University)
Can We Expect Our Codes to Converge to the Correct Answer for Our Intended Applications
Martin Pilch (MPilchConsulting)
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