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Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by NNPD
Thursday, December 2, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Gunston
Session Chair:
Vladimir Sobes
Alternate Chair:
Theresa E. Cutler
Session Organizer:
Jesson D. Hutchinson
Student Assistant:
Rizki Oktavian
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Surface Ablation of Core Materials in Burst Reactors
1:05–1:25PM EST
Victoria E. Hagopian (Penn State Univ.), Geordie McKenzie (LANL), Leigh Winfrey (Penn State Univ.)
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Godiva Experiments for the Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
1:25–1:45PM EST
Joetta Goda (LANL), Travis Grove (LANL), David Hayes (LANL)
Space Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Critical Assembly Boron Worth Experiments
1:45–2:05PM EST
Elijah C. Lutz (Sandia), David E. Ames (Sandia)
The CURIE Experiment and Nuclear Data
2:05–2:25PM EST
Nicholas Thompson (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Travis Grove (LANL), Kelsey Amundson (LANL), Dave Hayes (LANL), Jeff Favorite (LANL), Joetta Goda (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Robert Little (LANL), Geordie McKenzie (LANL), Rene Sanchez (LANL), Jessie Walker (LANL)
Rossi-alpha Analysis of CURIE Experiment
2:25–2:45PM EST
Caiser A. Bravo (LANL), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL), George E. McKenzie (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL), David K. Hayes (LANL), Travis J. Grove (LANL), Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL), Rene G. Sanchez (LANL), Kelsey M. Amundson (LANL)
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