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NextGen MURR Working Group established in Missouri
The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has created the NextGen MURR Working Group to serve as a strategic advisory body for the development of the NextGen MURR (University of Missouri Research Reactor).
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 11
Session Chair:
John A. Miller
Alternate Chair:
Amy E. van der Vyver
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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ANS-8 Nuclear Criticality Safety Consensus Standards -- Current Initiatives
3:15–3:35PM EST
Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
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Coupling SCALE with DAKOTA for Axial Burnup Profiles Assessment in Burnup Credit
3:35–3:55PM EST
Veronica Karriem (ORNL), Robert Lefebvre (ORNL), William Marshall (ORNL)
SFP Criticality Code Validation for ATF and LEU+
3:55–4:15PM EST
Michael Wenner (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Robert Hall (EPRI), Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)
Thermal Scattering Law Data Development for Paraffin Wax
4:15–4:35PM EST
T. Ahmed (NCSU), B.K. Laramee (NCSU), A.I. Hawari (NCSU)
Accelerated Basin De-Inventory and Spent Fuel Project Criticality Safety
4:35–4:55PM EST
Amanda Szasz (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
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