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UW-Madison: A Midwestern nucleus of fission and fusion
With more than six decades as a top-ranked program in its rearview, the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics (NEEP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is hardly slowing down. In fact, NEEP is continuing to grow and develop its faculty, curriculum, and research.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
David Chandler
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Alternate Chair:
Donny Hartanto (ORNL)
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The 2023 Status Update on the LEU Conversion of the NBSR
10:00–10:20AM EST
Abdullah G. Weiss (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Osman S. Celikten (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Dagistan Sahin (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Anil Gurgen (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Thomas H. Newton (NIST Center for Neutron Research)
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Status of Neutronic Model Improvements for the NBSR LEU Conversion -- BNL Support
10:20–10:40AM EST
Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Peter Kohut (Brookhaven), Athi Varuttamaseni (Brookhaven), Lap-Yan Cheng (Brookhaven), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven)
Nuclear Data Uncertainty -- Impact on Keff for the NBSR
10:40–11:00AM EST
Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Caroline Sears (Brookhaven), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven), Lap-Yan Cheng (Brookhaven), Peter Kohut (Brookhaven), Athi Varuttamaseni (Brookhaven)
Fuel Conversion Efforts at the High Flux Isotope Reactor -- A 2023 Status Update
11:00–11:20AM EST
C. Sizemore (ORNL), K. Burg (ORNL), D. Chandler (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), C.J. Hurt (ORNL), Z.A. Bacon (ORNL), K. Borowiec (ORNL), V.D. Fudurich (ORNL), P.K. Jain (ORNL), W. C. Lowe (ORNL), E.L. Popov (ORNL)
Establishing the Impact of HFIR LEU Conversion Through a Comprehensive Set of Reactor Physics Studies
11:20–11:40AM EST
D. Chandler (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), K.M. Burg (ORNL), C. Sizemore (ORNL)