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August 24–27, 2026
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North American construction is back—smaller and faster—at OPG’s Darlington
“The nuclear renaissance is real here,” said Ontario Power Generation’s Subo Sinnathamby on May 8, one year to the day after OPG secured a final investment decision to build the first of four planned BWRX-300 reactors at its Darlington nuclear power plant, and shortly after the new reactor’s foundation was lifted into place. “We got our license to construct in April and our [final investment decision] in May, and we’ve been off to the races since.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by MCD
Thursday, December 2, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Columbia 11
Session Chair:
Xu Wu (NC State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Christopher M. Perfetti
Session Organizer:
Brian C. Kiedrowski (Univ. of Michigan)
Student Assistant:
Oscar Lastres
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Depletion Perturbation Theory Sensitivity Coefficients in Monte Carlo Simulations
3:10–3:30PM EST
Benjamin Murphy (Univ. of New Mexico), Christopher Perfetti (Univ. of New Mexico)
Paper
Conversion from R-Matrix to Pole Representation Parameters for Use in Sensitivity Analysis
3:30–3:50PM EST
Matthew Lazaric (Univ. of New Mexico), Christopher Perfetti (Univ. of New Mexico), Mark Paris (LANL)
Solving a System of Ordinary Differential Equations for Reactivity Insertion Accident with Artificial Neural Networks
3:50–4:10PM EST
Alie Akins (NC State Univ.), Ziyu Xie (NC State Univ.), Xu Wu (NC State Univ.)
Quantitative Validation with Bayes Factor
4:10–4:30PM EST
Farah Alsafadi (NC State Univ.), Ziyu Xie (NC State Univ.), Xu Wu (NC State Univ.)