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Reactor Physics
The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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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)
Paper
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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