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Kathryn Huff stepping down from DOE Nuclear Energy post
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After serving two years as the Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for Nuclear Energy, Kathryn Huff will vacate that position on May 3 and return to teaching. Huff had started at the DOE in May 2021, serving for one year as the principal deputy assistant secretary for Nuclear Energy
“Serving in this capacity has been an unparalleled privilege, and I’m immensely grateful for the opportunity to have worked alongside you--the dedicated and talented public servants in Nuclear Energy, in DOE, and across the Biden-Harris Administration,” Huff wrote in an email announcement to colleagues last week. “I chose this timing to enable the smoothest transition back to my professorship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where my beloved research, students, husband, and dog await.”
A. L. Lehnert, K. J. Kearfott
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 168 | Number 3 | July 2011 | Pages 278-286
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE10-13
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In developing applications for fast neutron scattering in explosives detection, Monte Carlo simulations were completed that characterized the scattering behavior of fast neutrons in a simplified geometry. Targets included C, N, O, and Fe, as well as air, water, oil, and the explosive RDX (C3H6N6O6). Work included a study of energy binning, particle histories, and statistical uncertainty. Results of the simulations closely matched expected scatter behavior. Energy bins of 0.2 MeV and 1 × 108 particle histories provided ample statistical certainty.
