ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
Latest Magazine Issues
Jul 2026
Jan 2026
2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
August 2026
Nuclear Technology
July 2026
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
The deadline arrives: Checking in on the Reactor Pilot Program
On May 23, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14301, “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the DOE,” which instructed the Department of Energy to create a Reactor Pilot Program (RPP)—a new system in which companies could pursue DOE authorization to build and test their first-of-a-kind nuclear technologies. EO 14301 set an ambitious goal for that program: three reactors achieving criticality by July 4, 2026.
Richard Sanchez
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 92 | Number 2 | February 1986 | Pages 247-254
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE86-A18172
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A flat-flux expansion on axially symmetric zones has been used, together with a uniform double PI expansion for the boundary angular fluxes, to construct an interface-current method for the calculation of two-dimensional hexagonal cells. Collision and escape probabilities are computed in a volume-preserving, cylindrical cell model, while one of three separate PSS models is used for the calculation of the transmission probabilities. When only one zone has been cylinderized, then use of the heterogeneous PSS model is equivalent to an exact calculation in the actual two-dimensional cell geometry (without cylinderization). Comparison between the different approximations and a Monte Carlo calculation are presented for a typical undermoderated assembly.