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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC proposes rule changes in response to EO
In April, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14270, “Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American Energy,” which calls for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (along with the Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency) to issue a “sunset rule” to effectively nullify certain regulations in no more than five years.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Monday, November 13, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Lincoln East
Session Chair:
Irina I. Popova
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jeffrey A. Favorite
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MCNP6.2-Computed Dose Conversion Coefficients in ICRP 145 Mesh-Type Phantoms from Publicly-Released Simulated Nuclear Weapon Spectra
1:00–1:20PM EST
Stephen R. McHale (U.S. Naval Academy), Sean P. O'Dowd (U.S. Naval Academy)
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Preliminary Radiation Shielding and Waste Assessment Study of High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor
1:20–1:40PM EST
Anna Kudriavtseva (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Gamma and Neutron Shielding Characterization of Novel Geopolymer Materials
1:40–2:00PM EST
Jianxin Zhou (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Alexander Fields (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Markus Tam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ali Ozer (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Waltraud M. Kriven (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Angela Di Fulvio (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
MCNP6.3 Electron Energy Deposition Validation with the Lockwood Experiments
2:00–2:20PM EST
Joel A. Kulesza (LANL)
Comparison of Measured and Calculated Dose Rates for Ring Injection Dump Exchange at Spallation Neutron Source
2:20–2:40PM EST
I. I. Popova (ORNL), F.X. Gallmeier (ORNL), C. Elam (ORNL), R. Schultz (ORNL)
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