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International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024)

San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024

  • Full Issue

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Page 0

  • Reactor Pressure Vessel Characterization Methods Development for the High Flux Isotope Reactor to Support Future Vessel Replacement

    D. Chandler (ORNL), K. Burg (ORNL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 18-27

  • Californium-252 Production Validation Studies at the High Flux Isotope Reactor with Campaign 78 Data

    D. Hartanto (ORNL), D. Chandler (ORNL), G. Power (ORNL), J. Bae (ORNL), K. Burg (ORNL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 28-37

  • Prediction of the TREAT Facility Power and Temperature of Sirius-2c Nuclear Propulsion Fuel Experiment

    Mustafa K. Jaradat (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL), Frederick N. Gleicher (INL), Mark DeHart (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 38-47

  • Testing and Implementation of 6% Enriched UO2 Fuel at the PULSTAR Reactor

    N.C. Fleming (NCSU), A.I. Hawari (NCSU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 48-57

  • Current Status of the Water Activation Loop at JSI TRIGA Reactor

    D. Kotnik (Jožef Stefan Institute), J. Peric (Jožef Stefan Institute), L. Snoj (Jožef Stefan Institute), I. Lengar (Jozef Stefan Institute)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 58-65

  • Application of Monte Carlo Solver Solomon to Critical Mass Calculation of Fuel Randomization System

    Tomoaki Watanabe (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Taro Ueki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kenya Suyama (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 68-77

  • Statistical Error Estimation of Autocorrelation Method Using Circular Block Bootstrap Method

    Ryoga Hirota (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Kenichi Watanabe (Kyushu Univ.), Junichi H. Kaneko (Hokkaido Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 78-86

  • Sensitivities of Configurations with Missing Fuel Rods

    Benjamin Dechenaux (IRSN)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 87-96

  • Investigation of Subcriticality Monitoring Method Using Improved Simplest Reactivity Estimator with Bilateral Filter

    Taiyo Moribe (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Junichi H. Kaneko (Hokkaido Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 97-106

  • Evaluation of Thermal Scattering Law for U3Si2 Using Temperature-Dependent Phonon Density of States

    Junhyoung Gil (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 107-116

  • Sub-Critical Gamma Noise Measurements in the CROCUS Zero-Power Reactor

    F.B. Darby (Univ. Michigan), O.V. Pakari (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), M.Y. Hua (Univ. Michigan), V.P. Lamirand (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), S.D. Clarke (Univ. Michigan), A. Pautz (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), S.A. Pozzi (Univ. Michigan)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 118-127

  • Adding New Experimental Capacities to the CABRI Nuclear Reactor

    D. Bonvalet (CEA), F. Rodiac (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 128-135

  • Neutron Noise Measurements of a Fast HEU Copper System

    Cole Kostelac (LANL), Robert Weldon (LANL), Nicholas Whitman (LANL), Nicholas Thompson (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Ayodeji Alajo (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 136-145

  • Capturing Reactor Pulse Characteristics: Cherenkov Power Meter in JSI TRIGA Pulse Experiments and Pulse Database

    Julijan Peric (Jozef Stefan Institute), Ingrid Svajger (Jozef Stefan Institute), Vladimir Radulovic (Jozef Stefan Institute), Luka Snoj (Jožef Stefan Institute)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 146-154

  • Measurement of the Prompt Decay Constant in a Zero Power Reactor Using a Novel 3D Detector System

    Michel Saliba (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Oskari Pakari (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Wilfried Monange (IRSN), Andreas Pautz (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Vincent Lamirand (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 155-163

  • Reactivity Relative Monitoring Using Threshold Fission Chambers with the Current-to-Flux Method for the Accelerator Driven VENUS-F Subcritical Reactor

    N. Marie (Normandie Univ.), A. Billebaud (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), S. Chabod (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), A. Kochetkov (SCK CEN), A. Krása (SCK CEN), F.-R. Lecolley (Normandie Univ.), J.-L. Lecouey (Normandie Univ.), G. Lehaut (Normandie Univ.), N. Messaoudi (SCK CEN), G. Vittiglio (SCK CEN), J. Wagemans (SCK CEN)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 166-175

  • Epithermal Neutron Spectrum Filtering Experiment Design at the VENUS-F Zero Power Fast Reactor

    Federico Grimaldi (SCK CEN), Patrick Blaise (Framatome), Antonin Krasa (SCK CEN), Pierre-Etienne Labeau (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles), Guido Vittiglio (SCK CEN), Jan Wagemans (SCK CEN)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 176-185

  • Understanding the Moderator Temperature Coefficient of Reactivity of Prismatic Graphite-Moderated Gas-Cooled Reactors with Burnable Absorbers

    D. Bazzani (Politecnico di Milano), S. Wijaya (KAIST), A. Cammi (Politecnico di Milano), Y. Kim (KAIST)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 186-195

  • A Data-Driven Incident Detection Method for the Safe Operation of Molten Salt Fast Reactors

    N. Abrate (Politecnico di Torino), N. Caruso (Politecnico di Torino), S. Dulla (Politecnico di Torino), S. Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), N. Pedroni (Politecnico di Torino)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 196-206

  • Transient Modeling and Simulation for Deimos, an Advanced Reactor Experiment

    Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL), Kristin N. Stolte (LANL), Holly R. Trellue (LANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 207-216

  • Pulsed Neutron Experiments in the Inherently Safe Subcritical Assembly

    D. Siefman (LLNL), W. Zywiec (LLNL), C. Percher (LLNL), D. Heinrichs (LLNL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 218-226

  • Critical Experiment Plans on the New STACY to Clarify the Criticality Characteristics of the Molten Core-Concrete Interaction Products

    Satoshi Gunji (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Shouhei Araki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kazuhiko Izawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kenya Suyama (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 227-236

  • Designing a Deimos-Based Microreactor Criticality Experiment with MCNP and Whisper

    Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Keenan J. Hoffman (LANL), Kristin N. Stolte (LANL), Christopher Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL), Holly R. Trellue (LANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 237-246

  • The National Criticality Experiments Research Center: Capability Expansion and Experiments in the Last Three Years

    George E. McKenzie (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL), Travis J. Grove (LANL), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL), Juliann R. Lamproe (LANL), Nicholas W. Thompson (LANL), Nicholas H. Whitman (LANL), Joetta M. Goda (LANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 247-256

  • Hermes Reactor Demonstration, Initial Startup and Physics Testing

    N. Satvat (Kairos Power), K. Riley (Kairos Power), F. Vitullo (Kairos Power), R. Hernandez (Kairos Power), M. Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley), B. Haugh (Kairos Power), E. Blandford (Kairos Power)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 257-264

  • Experiments at the JSI TRIGA Research Reactor for Validation of Nuclear Fuel Depletion Calculations

    Anže Pungerčič (Jožef Stefan Institute), Vladimir Radulovic (Jožef Stefan Institute), Alireza Haghighat (Virginia Tech), Luka Snoj (Jožef Stefan Institute)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 266-276

  • Lead Neutron Data Validation Using Integral Experiments at the VENUS-F and BFS Zero Power Reactors

    Antoine de Barsy (SCK CEN), Federico Grimaldi (SCK CEN), Anatoly Kochetkov (SCK CEN), Antonin Krasa (SCK CEN), Guido Vittiglio (SCK CEN), Marie-Laure Vuyge (SCK CEN), Jan Wagemans (SCK CEN)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 277-286

  • High Burn-up Code Results Intercomparison on a Research Reactor Assembly Numerical Benchmark

    R. Ichou (IRSN), F.X. Le Dauphin (IRSN), T. Nicol (CEA), C. Carmouze (CEA), F. Estebe (TechnicAtome)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 287-296

  • Preparing a New Reference Neutron Field in the Graphite-Shaped Reference LR-0 Reactor Core

    Tomáš Peltan (Research Centre Rez), Tomáš Czakoj (Research Centre Rez), Eva Vilímová (Univ. West Bohemia), Jan Šimon (Research Centre Rez), Vlastimil Juříček (Research Centre Rez), Michal Košťál (Research Centre Rez)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 297-305

  • Measurement of the High Energy Gamma Spectrum up to 13 MeV in the Special Core of the LR-0 Reactor

    Michal Kostal (Research Center Rez), Tomas Czakoj (Research Center Rez), Tomas Peltan (Research Center Rez), Evzen Losa (Research Centre Rez), Martin Schulc (Research Center Rez), Vlastimil Juricek (Research Centre Rez), Jan Šimon (Research Center Rez), Vojtěch Rypar (Research Center Rez), Filip Mravec (Masaryk Univ.), František Cvachovec (Univ. Defence), Zdenek Matej (Masaryk Univ.), Roberto Capote (IAEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 306-313

  • NAUTILUS: A Project for the Development of Experimental Methods for Investigating Innovative Approaches to Nuclear Waste Management and to Nuclear Safety

    M. Viebach (Technische Univ. Dresden), A. Knospe (Technische Univ. Dresden), C. Lange (Technische Univ. Dresden), B. Merk (Univ. Liverpool), A. Hurtado (Technische Univ. Dresden)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 316-325

  • Preliminary Analysis of a Nuclear-Grade Sandwich Composite for Transportable Microreactor Shielding

    Ryan H. Stewart (INL), Samuel E. Bays (INL), Adam X. Zabriskie (INL), Joshua N. Zelina (INL), Abderrafi M. Ougouag (INL), Robert C. O'Brien (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 326-335

  • Exploring Boron Monitoring Solutions in Pressurized Water Reactors for Enhanced Loss of Coolant Accidents Mitigation

    Nouhaila Tabti (CEA), Adrien Sari (CEA), Dominique Tromson (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 336-345

  • Reliability Assessment of Passive Nuclear Systems Influenced by Corrosion in Stratified Hot Fluids

    Akmali Masood (Assystem Energy and Operation), R. Plana (Assystem Energy and Operation)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 346-355

  • SCALE 6.3.1 Radiation Source Terms and Shielding Analysis for a Postulated Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Accident Scenario

    G. Radulescu (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), F. Bostelmann (ORNL), W. Wieselquist (ORNL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 360-369

  • An Open Source Multiphysics Workflow for the Analysis of Fusion Driven Systems

    Matthew J. Nyberg (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Joseph T. Eickman (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL), Ben A. Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 370-379

  • Theory of Neutron Multiplicity Counting in an Energy-Dependent Transport Model

    Victor Dykin (Chalmers Univ. Technology), Senada Avdic (Univ. Tuzla), Imre Pázsit (Chalmers Univ. Technology)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 380-388

  • Development of a Steady State Reactor Physics Surrogate Model for the Idaho State University AGN-201 Digital Twin Using MOOSE

    Quinton J. Williams (Oregon State), Ryan H. Stewart (INL), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State), Camille J. Palmer (Oregon State), Chad Pope (Idaho State), Ashley Shields (INL), Christopher Ritter (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 389-398

  • Sub-Pin Fission Product Sensitivity to Assembly and Core Models on High-Burnup Fuel and Comparison to Experimental Measurements

    Andrew Conant (ORNL), Mehdi Asgari (ORNL), Aaron Graham (ORNL), Greg Balco (LLNL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 399-408

  • Nemo: A Centralized Model Representation for Reactor Physics Solvers

    P.E. Burke (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), S.J. Douglass (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), D.F. Gill (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), D.P. Griesheimer (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), M.W. Hackemack (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), B.R. Nease (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 412-422

  • Assessment of Heuristics for the Automated Generation of 2D Method of Characteristics Mesh

    Kyle Vaughn (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 423-431

  • Geometric Acceleration Structures to Speed Up Cell Searches in OpenMC

    Saad Amin (Mission San Jose High School), Gavin Ridley (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 432-441

  • A Recursive Subdivision Algorithm for Delta-Tracking on Bezier Curve Geometries in SCONE

    Jamie K. Edwards (Univ. Cambridge), Andrew Davis (UKAEA), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 442-451

  • A Delta-Tracking Method that Supports Finite-Element Material Properties in Mesh-Based Monte Carlo Codes

    Pablo A. Vaquer (LANL), Michael E. Rising (LANL), Joel A. Kulesza (LANL), Colin A. Weaver (LANL), Colin J. Josey (LANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 452-461

  • Impact of the Multiphysics Coupling on the Reactivity Swing and Fuel Depletion of an SFR Phenix Like Subassembly

    V. Viallon (CEA), E.Y. Garcia-Cervantes (CEA), L. Buiron (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 464-473

  • Investigation of Ring-Heterogeneous Geometry Approximation for Efficient and Practical SFR Analysis

    Namjae Choi (INL), Stefano Terlizzi (INL), Yaqi Wang (INL), Hansol Park (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL), Javier Ortensi (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 474-483

  • Modeling and Validation of Axial Thermal Expansion in the ARMI Framework

    Chris Keckler (TerraPower), Anthony L. Alberti (TerraPower)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 484-492

  • Modeling of Sodium Fast Reactors Thermal Expansion Reactivity Feedback Using GeN-Foam and Serpent

    Giovanni Nervi (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Alessandro Scolaro (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Mathieu Hursin (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 493-502

  • Uniform and Non-Uniform Geometric Deformations in Monte Carlo with Virtual Density Theory

    Anuj Dubey (Univ. Cambridge), Mikolaj Adam Kowalski (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 503-512

  • A Comparison of the Modal Expansion Method and Exact-to-Precision Generalized Perturbation Theory Capabilities in Reactor Physics

    T. Sauzedde (CEA), P. Archier (CEA), F. Nguyen (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 514-523

  • Adjoint-Based Perturbation Theory for Heat Conduction and Dynamics Coupled Multiphysics Simulations of Nuclear Reactor Transients

    Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Christopher M. Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 524-533

  • Development of an Adjoint Approach for Calculating Sensitivities of Effective Kinetic Parameters in Continuous-Energy Monte Carlo Code RMC

    S. Jiang (Tsinghua Univ.), K. Wang (Tsinghua Univ.), P. Shen (Tsinghua Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 534-540

  • Bayesian Inverse Problem and Uncertainty Quantification in the Joint Analysis of Neutron and Gamma Corrrelations

    Paul Lartaud (CEA), Philippe Humbert (CEA), Josselin Garnier (Institut Polytechnique de Paris)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 541-550

  • Comparison of Bayesian Model Calibration Techniques for Future Application to Fuel Performance Behavior Models

    S. Maccario (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), A. Scolaro (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), A. Vasiliev (Paul Scherrer Institute), M. Hursin (Paul Scherrer Institute)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 551-560

  • An Optimization Approach to Improve Thermal Scattering Law Using Experimental Total Cross Section Data

    Vaibhav Jaiswal (IRSN)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 562-571

  • Generation of Enrichment-Dependent Thermal Neutron Scattering Data

    B.K. Laramee (NCSU), N.C. Fleming (NCSU), J.P.W. Crozier (NCSU), A.I. Hawari (NCSU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 572-581

  • Development of Thermal Scattering Law and Cross Sections of Hydrogen in Paraffin Wax

    T. Ahmed (NCSU), N.C. Fleming (NCSU), A.I. Hawari (NCSU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 582-590

  • Thermal Neutron Scattering Behavior of Nitrogen-Enriched Uranium Mononitride

    Amelia Trainer (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Jonathan Wormald (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Jesse Holmes (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Mike Zerkle (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 591-600

  • Embedding Neural Thermal Scattering (NeTS) Modules in SERPENT for Higher Fidelity Advanced Reactor Analysis

    Jonathan P.W. Crozier (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 601-610

  • Hobbes: Multigroup Cross Section Generation for Mixed-Architecture Computing Environments

    S.J. Douglass (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 612-621

  • Understanding the Macroscopic Cross Section Treatment in Hybrid Continuous Energy and Multigroup Depletion Using the Shift Monte Carlo Code

    Vidor Lujan (Georgia Tech), Bailey Painter (Georgia Tech), Inhyung Kim (Univ. California, Berkeley), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley), Thomas M. Evans (ORNL), Tara M. Pandya (ORNL), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 622-631

  • Derivation of the History Variable Calculation for Macro-Depletion in Nodal Simulators

    Thomas Folk (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 632-641

  • Initial Assessment of Online Cross Section Generation Capability of Griffin for Gas-Cooled Pebble-Bed Reactor

    Hansol Park (ANL), Yeon Sang Jung (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL), Yaqi Wang (INL), Javier Ortensi (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 642-653

  • Application of Expanded Transfer Functions for Predicting Coarse Mesh, One-Group Macroscopic Cross Sections in a 3D Realistic PWR Core

    Bailey Painter (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 654-663

  • Initial Validation of the SIMULATE5-K and the CMS5 Reactor Modeling Suite with the SPERT-III Experiments

    William C. Dawn (Studsvik Scandpower), Gerardo Grandi (Studsvik Scandpower), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik Scandpower)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 666-675

  • High-Fidelity Serpent2/SCF Solutions for Rod Ejection Scenarios in Support to the Verification of the CAMIVVER APOLLO3®/CATHARE3 Coupling Prototype

    L. Mercatali (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), G. Huaccho (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), B. Vezzoni (Framatome), B. Calgaro (Framatome), P. Mosca (CEA), F. Damian (CEA), V.-H. Sanchez-Espinoza (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 676-685

  • Computational Modeling and Verification of MSR Transients via MSRE Reactivity Insertion Tests

    M. Elhareef (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), T. Fei (ANL), Z. Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 686-695

  • A Step Towards a Comprehensive Uncertainty Quatification in Transient Analysis

    Evgeny Ivanov (IRSN), Antonio Sargeni (IRSN), Franck Bernard (IRSN)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 696-705

  • ZDkin, a Neutronic Point Kinetics Code with Modular Temperature Feedback

    E. Lefevre (TechnicAtome), J. Couybes (TechnicAtome), G. Kozlowski (TechnicAtome)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 706-715

  • A Comparative Study of Efficient Sampling Techniques for Uncertainty Quantification due to Cross-Section Covariance Data

    Tatsuya Fujita (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 718-727

  • Nuclear Data Uncertainty Methods in CASMO5 Using ENDF/B-VIII Covariances

    Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower), Charles Wemple (Studsvik Scandpower), Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 728-738

  • Computation of Sensitivity in Monte-Carlo Codes: Investigation of Convergence for Reactor Cores with High Dominance Ratio

    M. Rababah (LPSC), A. Bidaud (LPSC)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 739-747

  • Uncertainty Analysis of the Reaction Rates in Ringhals

    Jacob Persson (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 748-756

  • Uncertainty Quantification in Fluoride-Based Molten Salt Reactors with Open Sourced Tools

    Zsolt Elter (Uppsala Univ.), Augusto Hernandez Solis (SCK CEN), Mario Ponce Tovar (Seaborg Technologies)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 757-766

  • Preliminary Validation of Intra-Pin Reaction Rate Predictions from the Deterministic Transport Codes GeN-Foam and MPACT

    Tom Mager (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Kyle Vaughn (Univ. Michigan), Mathieu Hursin (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan), Andreas Pautz (Paul Scherrer Institute)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 768-777

  • Initial Benchmarking of a New ENDF/B-VIII.1.β2-Based CASMO5 Neutron Data Library

    Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower), Charles Wemple (Studsvik Scandpower), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 778-789

  • Verification and Validation of the VANGARD Pinwise Nodal Code with Preliminary Analyses of BEAVRS Benchmark

    Seoyoon Jeon (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 790-799

  • Response Matrix Benchmark for the 1D Transport Equation with Matrix Scaling

    B.D. Ganapol (Univ. Arizona), J.K. Patel (Univ. Michigan)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 802-810

  • Synthetic Perturbation as Flux Initializer for the Method of Characteristics Solver of APOLLO3®

    A. Gammicchia (CEA), S. Santandrea (CEA), A. Brighenti (Framatome)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 811-819

  • Surface Characteristics Scheme for Solving the Transport Equation in Extruded and Unstructured 3D Geometries

    Arthur Le Bars (CEA), Simone Santandrea (CEA), Sandra Dulla (Politecnico di Torino)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 820-829

  • Linear Source Approximation in the Random Ray Method

    Rufus Neame (Univ. Cambridge), Paul Cosgrove (Univ. Cambridge)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 830-839

  • Implementation of the Discontinuous Galerkin Method into FENNECS and Other New Improvements for LWR Analysis

    Romain Henry (GRS), Jeremy Bousquet (GRS), Armin Seubert (GRS)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 840-849

  • Multiphysics Simulations of the KRUSTY Criticality Experiment Using BlueCrab

    Yan Cao (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Nicolas Stauff (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 852-861

  • Coupled Multiphysics Modeling of Heat Pipe Microreactors Using Cardinal, BISON, and Sockeye

    M. Eltawila (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), A.J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Y. Miao (ANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 862-871

  • Application of Basis Projection Methods to Temperature Distribution Construction in Heat Pipe Microreactor

    Dean Price (Univ. Michigan), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 872-881

  • Multiphysics Simulation of TRISO Fuel Compacts and the Effects of Homogenization

    Aya Hegazy (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rizwan-uddin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 882-891

  • Thermal-Mechanical Considerations for the Radiantly Integrated TPV-Microreactor System

    Naiki Kaffezakis (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 892-901

  • Developing a Deterministic Calculation Scheme for Perturbations of In-Core Instrumentation of an MTR-Core in Support to Bayesian Calibration

    S. Lapaire (CEA), T. Bonaccorsi (CEA), J.-M. Palau (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 904-913

  • Impact of Integral Experiments Choice for a GLLSM Data Assimilation Process: Application to Spent Fuel Pool Storage

    Romain Bossoutrot (IRSN), Frédéric Fernex (CEA), Julien Taforeau (IRSN)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 914-923

  • Results of the CAMIVVER V&V Campaign of the NEMESI Multi-Parameter Library Generator Prototype Based on APOLLO3®

    M. Tiberga (EDF), B. Vezzoni (Framatome), A. Willien (EDF), A. Brighenti (Framatome), G. Huaccho Zavala (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), N. Guler (EDF), P. Laurent (EDF), L. Mercatali (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), P. Mosca (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 924-933

  • Demonstration of Uncertainty Reduction for Generic Pebble-Bed Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High Temperature Reactor (gFHR)

    Noah A.W. Walton (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nader Satvat (Kairos Power), Vladimir Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 934-941

  • Analytical Description of the Neutron Up-Scattering in the Resonance Range

    A. Bengoechea (CEA), G. Noguere (CEA), D. Bernard (CEA), P. Tamagno (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 944-952

  • Implementation of Unresolved Resonance Region Probability Tables in the GNDS Format

    M.-A. Descalle (LLNL), C.M. Mattoon (LLNL), M.S. McKinley (LLNL), J. Northrop (Oregon State), G. Gert (LLNL), B.R. Beck (LLNL), A. Dreyfuss (LLNL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 953-962

  • Improved Evaluated Nuclear Data in the Resonance Region by Combining Energy Dependent Measurements and Depletion Calculations: Application to Pu-239+n, Pu-240+n and Pu-241+n

    M. Hursin (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), D. Rochman (Paul Scherrer Institute), S. van der Marck (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 963-972

  • On the Possible use of Propagation of Resonance Parameters Uncertainties Using the R-Matrix Formalism

    Pierre Sole (IRSN), Vaibhav Jaiswal (IRSN), Cédric Jouanne (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 973-981

  • Predicting (n,2n) Cross Sections Using Machine Learning

    Rohan Gaya (Univ. Cambridge), Valeria Raffuzzi (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge), Lee Morgan (AWE)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 982-991

  • Comparison of Two Infinite Homogeneous Medium Ultra Fine Group Neutron Slowing-Down Solvers in APOLLO3®

    Terry Levy (CEA), Li Mao (CEA), Richard Sanchez (CEA), Emeline Rosier (CEA), Igor Zmijarevic (CEA), Stéphane Mengelle (CEA), Cédric Jouanne (CEA), Odile Petit (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 994-1003

  • A Collision Probability Formulation of the Resonance Spectrum Expansion (RSE) Self-Shielding Method

    Alain Hebert (Institut de Genie Nucleaire)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1004-1014

  • A Generalized Differential Equation and Numerical Method for the Standard and Deformed Doppler Broadening Functions

    Willian Vieira de Abreu (Federal Univ. Rio de Janeiro), Adilson Costa da Silva (Federal Univ. Rio de Janeiro), Alessandro da Cruz Gonçalves (Federal Univ. Rio de Janeiro), Aquilino Senra Martinez (Federal Univ. Rio de Janeiro)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1015-1024

  • Resonance Treatment of Double-Heterogeneous Fuel Using a Deterministic Statistical Geometry Method in Heterogeneous Transport Calculation Code GALAXY-Z

    Kazuya Yamaji (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Hiroki Koike (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Koji Asano (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Satoshi Takeda (Osaka Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1025-1035

  • Simplified Treatment of Coating Layers in TRISO Fuel in Statistical Geometry Method in Monte Carlo Calculation

    Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Satoshi Takeda (Osaka Univ.), Kazuya Yamaji (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Hiroki Koike (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Koji Asano (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1036-1047

  • On the Impact of Fuel Velocity Profile on Loss of Delayed Neutron Precursors in the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment

    Mario Ponce Tovar (Seaborg Technologies), Lorenz Fischer (Seaborg Technologies), Lubomir Bures (Seaborg Technologies)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1050-1059

  • Development of the Molten Salt Reactor Application in French Reference System Code CATHARE3

    Ruggero Rosselli (CEA), Nathan Greiner (CEA), Marine Anderhuber (CEA), Théotime Le Borgne de Palfray (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1060-1069

  • Development of a Delayed Neutron Precursor Tracking Module for Molten Salt Reactors in the iMC Monte Carlo Code

    Inyup Kim (KAIST), Taesuk Oh (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1070-1079

  • Quantifying Uncertainties: Evaluating the Impact of Molten Salt Thermal Property Variability on Reactor Operation

    Davide Rotilio (Univ. California, Berkeley), Mauricio Tano (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Samuel Walker (INL), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley), Renato Gatto (Sapienza Univ. di Roma)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1080-1089

  • Squirrel; a MOOSE Based App for Solving Quasi-Static Point Kinetics in Molten Salt Reactors

    P. Pfahl (Technical Univ. Denmark), A. Chambon (Technical Univ. Denmark), J. Groth-Jensen (Seaborg Technologies), B. Lauritzen (Technical Univ. Denmark)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1090-1099

  • Verification of a CARIBOU-OpenMC Workflow for the Analysis of HTGR-Like Systems Using the Proposed Ontario Tech Subcritical Assembly

    Kevin Sawatzky (Ontario Tech Univ.), Kirk D. Atkinson (Ontario Tech Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1102-1111

  • Comparison of Burnup Sensitivity Between Prismatic HTGR and LWR

    Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1112-1121

  • Nuclide Inventory Validation: Effect of Nuclear Data Libraries

    Germina Ilas (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1122-1130

  • Simultaneous Adjustment of Uncertain Modeling Parameters and Experimental Data Through Post-Irradiation Examination Data Analyses

    Keita Yoshikawa (Hokkaido Univ.), Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.), Yuya Inagaki (Hokkaido Univ.), Junshuang Fan (Hokkaido Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1131-1139

  • Extension of RMC Burnup Calculations with an Energy-Dependent Branching Ratio Treatment

    Hao Luo (Tsinghua Univ.), Jiang Shihang (Tsinghua Univ.), Huang Shanfang (Tsinghua Univ.), Wang Kan (Tsinghua Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1140-1149

  • An Iterative RSA-DEM Method for High Packing Fraction Stochastic Media

    Zhe Chuan Tan (Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative), Zhi Yuan Feng (Tsinghua Univ.), Kan Wang (Tsinghua Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1148-1155

  • ODR-VS Method for High Packing Fraction of Dispersed Fuel Particles in Annular Container

    Zhiyuan Feng (Tsinghua Univ.), Jingang Liang (Tsinghua Univ.), Wenli Guo (Tsinghua Univ.), Kan Wang (Tsinghua Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1156-1165

  • Modeling Enhancements and Benchmarking of Pebble Bed Reactors in the Shift Monte Carlo Code

    Tarek Ghaddar (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Tara Pandya (ORNL), Matthew Jessee (ORNL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1166-1175

  • Development of an Equilibrium Modeling Method for Modeling Micro-Modular Pebble-Bed High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors

    Annie M. Berens (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1176-1185

  • Investigating the Accuracy of Porous-Medium Treatments in the Analysis of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Systems

    Zach Hughes (TAMU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Nolan MacDonald (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Cristian Garza (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Thomas Guilbaud (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Alessandro Scolaro (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1186-1195

  • VERA Solution to the Watts Bar Benchmark Problem

    Scott Palmtag (NCSU), Khaldoon Al-Dawood (NCSU), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1198-1207

  • NEA/OECD TVA Watts Bar Unit 1 Multi-Physics Multi-Cycle Depletion Benchmark with CASMO5 and SIMULATE5

    Emiliya L. Georgieva (Studsvik Scandpower), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik Scandpower)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1208-1217

  • Variability Due to Nuclear Data Applied to the Watts Bar Unit 1 Benchmark with CASMO5/SIMULATE5 Code Sequence

    S. Bonthoux (IRSN), J. Taforeau (IRSN)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1218-1228

  • First Steps of the ANTARES Validation with TVA Watts Bar Unit 1 Cycle 1 Benchmark

    F. Bernard (IRSN), S. Bonthoux (IRSN), M. Forestier (IRSN), G. Girault (IRSN), A. Sargeni (IRSN), J. Taforeau (IRSN)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1229-1238

  • Preliminary Analysis of iDTMC-Assisted Predictor-Corrector Quasi-Static Monte Carlo Simulation in the iMC Code

    Taesuk Oh (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1240-1249

  • Implementation and Assessment of the Crank-Nicolson Method for the Monte Carlo Multilevel Kinetics Module

    Firas Abdullatif (Ohio State), Dean Wang (Ohio State)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1250-1260

  • A Time-Slicing Method for Capturing Neutron Source Locations for Initializing Dynamic Monte Carlo Simulations

    John Tchakerian (MIT), Gavin Ridley (MIT), Timothy Burke (LANL), Benoit Forget (MIT)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1261-1270

  • Development and Benchmarking of Two Distinct Time-Dependent Random Ray Methods

    Maximilian Kraus (Univ. Cambridge), Paul Cosgrove (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1271-1280

  • Benchmarking Time Dependent COMET in a Set of Multigroup Kinetic Single Assembly I2S-LWR Problems

    Dingkang Zhang (Georgia Tech), Farzad Rahnema (Georgia Tech)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1281-1290

  • Parallel Simulated Annealing, Genetic Algorithms and Hybrid Method Applied to the Multiobjective Optimization of the Nuclear In-Core Fuel Management

    W. Kubinski (Framatome), G. Giorgi (Framatome), M. Segond (Framatome)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1292-1301

  • Pressurized-Water Reactor Core Design Using Multiobjective Plant Fuel Reload Optimization Platform

    Junyung Kim (INL), Mohammad G. Abdo (INL), Congjian Wang (INL), Yong-Joon Choi (INL), Juan Cristhian Luque Gutierrez (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1302-1311

  • Pressurized Water Reactor Gadolinia Pin Location Optimization

    Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Andrew Bielen (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Mehdi Asgari (ORNL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1312-1321

  • Optimizerr: A BWR Nuclear Bundle Design Optimizing Tool

    Rasmus Renberg (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1322-1330

  • Extending MOOSE Capabilities with Discrete and Combinatorial Shape and Topology Optimization for Nuclear Engineering Applications

    Muhammad Ramzy Altahhan (NCSU), Sebastian Schunert (INL), Yousry Azmy (NCSU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1331-1342

  • MC21/CTF Solutions to OECD/NEA TVA Watts Bar Unit 1 Multiphysics Cycle 1 Benchmark Exercises 1 and 2

    Edwin J. Grant (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Daniel J. Kelly III (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Brian N. Aviles (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1344-1353

  • MC21/CTF Solutions to OECD/NEA TVA Watts Bar Unit 1 Multiphysics Cycle 1 Benchmark Exercise 3

    Edwin J. Grant (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Daniel J. Kelly III (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Brian N. Aviles (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1354-1363

  • Development of Serpent -- CTF External Coupling for the OECD/NEA TVA WB1 Benchmark Activities

    T. Albagami (NCSU), P. Rouxelin (NCSU), A. Abarca (NCSU), S. Palmtag (NCSU), M. Avramova (NCSU), K. Ivanov (NCSU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1364-1373

  • The Random Ray Method Applied to Fixed Source Transport Problems

    P. Cosgrove (Univ. Cambridge), J.R. Tramm (ANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1376-1385

  • Application of the Random Ray Method to Global Variance Reduction in Radiation Shielding Problems

    V. Raffuzzi (Univ. Cambridge), P. Cosgrove (Univ. Cambridge), P.C. Shriwise (ANL), J.R. Tramm (ANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1386-1395

  • Monte Carlo Calculations in Support of Rod Insertion Measurements

    Tanja Goričanec (Jožef Stefan Institute), Luka Snoj (Jožef Stefan Institute), Marjan Kromar (Jožef Stefan Institute)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1396-1405

  • Applicability of Shift-Generated Albedos for Reactor Analysis with MPACT

    Nicholas Herring (Univ. Texas, Austin), Benjamin Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1406-1415

  • State Estimation and Control in Digital Twins for TRIGA Research Reactors

    John Ross (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ben Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1418-1426

  • Demonstration of Microreactor Reactivity Control with Reinforcement Learning

    Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan), Dean Price (Univ. Michigan), Kamal Abdulraheem (Univ. Michigan), Moutaz Elias (Lam Research)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1427-1436

  • Machine Learning Prediction of Pebble History in Pebble Bed Reactors

    Ian Kolaja (Univ. California, Berkeley), Tatiana Siaraferas (Univ. California, Berkeley), Yves Robert (Univ. California, Berkeley), Jaewon Lee (Univ. California, Berkeley), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1437-1446

  • C3-LPO: A Machine Learning Based Surrogate Model for Reactor Design Evaluation and Optimization

    Kingsley Ogujiuba (NCSU), Jake Mikouchi-Lopez (NCSU), Gregory Delipei (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1447-1456

  • Generative AI Tools in the Nuclear Engineering Community: A Survey-Based Evaluation of the Current Adoption and Impacts

    Oskari Pakari (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Alessandro Scolaro (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1457-1465

  • Initial Steps in a Serpent-McStas Two-Way Coupling and its Potential Applications at FRM II

    D. Bonete Wiese (Technische Univ. Munchen), C. Hauf (Technische Univ. Munchen), C. Reiter (Technische Univ. Munchen)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1468-1477

  • Full Core Calculation for FRM II with Serpent 2 and Ansys CFX

    Kaltrina Shehu (Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz), Christian Reiter (Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1478-1487

  • Development of High-Fidelity Multi-Physics Platform JAMPAN

    Kenichi Tada (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Ryoichi Kondo (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Tomohiro Kamiya (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Taku Nagatake (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Ayako Ono (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yasunobu Nagaya (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Hiroyuki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1488-1497

  • Recent Advanced Reactor Multiphysics Model Highlights in the Virtual Test Bed (VTB)

    Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Samuel Walker (INL), Emily Shemon (ANL), Hansol Park (ANL), Yiqi Yu (ANL), Nicolas Stauff (ANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1498-1507

  • Validation of ENDF/B-VIII.0 Cross-Section Library for METAL-FAST Graphite Systems

    Paul Vollrath (Georgia Tech), Farzad Rahnema (Georgia Tech), Alex Shaw (ORNL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1510-1516

  • Investigation of the Impact of TSL Data Libraries and Geometry Variations on the MSRE Benchmark

    Aidana Bauyrzhan (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1517-1526

  • Assessing Criticality Implications of Small Angle Neutron Scattering and Porosity Misrepresentation in ENDF/B-VIII.1 TSLs for Nuclear Graphite

    Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Iyad Al-Qasir (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Anne Campbell (ORNL), Kyle Grammer (ORNL), Zain Karriem (ORNL), Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian (European Spallation Source), Mark Baird (ORNL), Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL), Luke Daemen (ORNL), Eric Novak (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Luiz Leal (ORNL), Germina Ilas (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1527-1538

  • Comparison of Coarse Energy Group Structures for Graphite Moderated Molten Salt Reactors and Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Modeling

    J. Faulkner (Georgia Tech), B. Petrovic (Georgia Tech)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1539-1548

  • Reactivity Impact of Updated 35Cl Nuclear Data on the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment

    T. Cisneros (TerraPower), M. Wargon (TerraPower), K. Hanselman (LANL), T. Kawano (LANL), S.A. Kuvin (LANL), H.Y. Lee (LANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1549-1559

  • Hybrid Resolution Approach in Energy and Geometry for Efficient Monte Carlo Coupled Depletion Calculation

    Inhyung Kim (Univ. California, Berkeley), Vidor H. Lujan (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1562-1571

  • Verification of Neutronics Analysis Method Using CBZ and GENESIS for a Prismatic High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor

    Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1572-1580

  • Parametric Analysis of Two-Point Reactors Kinetic Model

    Anže Mihelčič (Jožef Stefan Institute), Gašper Žerovnik (Jožef Stefan Institute), Luka Snoj (Jožef Stefan Institute)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1581-1590

  • Optimization of the Forced Fission Coefficient via Stochastic Calculus

    Tamás Zoltan Hajas (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics), Gabor Tolnai (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics), Elod Pazman (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics), David Legrady (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1591-1599

  • Computation of HTR-PROTEUS Reaction Rates Ratios C8/F5, F8/F5, and F9/F5 Using MCNP6 with ENDF/B-VIII.0

    John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Oliver Köberl (Axpo Power/Kernenergie)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1600-1609

  • Preliminary Study on Two-Dimensional SP3 Calculation Based on POD-Local/Global Iterations

    Masato Ito (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Yasuhiro Kodama (Nuclear Fuel Industries), Taichi Takeishi (Nuclear Fuel Industries), Hiroaki Nagano (Nuclear Fuel Industries)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1612-1621

  • Real-Time 3D Fine Spatial Mesh Kinetics Simulator Using POD for Coupled Core

    Kaito Ito (Nagoya Univ.), Kosuke Tsujita (Nuclear Engineering), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1622-1631

  • Neutron Flux Reconstruction from Out-Core Sparse Measurements Using Data-Driven Reduced Order Modelling

    Stefano Riva (Politecnico di Milano), Sophie Deanesi (Politecnico di Milano), Carolina Introini (Politecnico di Milano), Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), Antonio Cammi (Politecnico di Milano)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1632-1641

  • Reconstruction of In-Core Power Distribution Based on POD Using Ex-Core Detector Signals

    Yuki Urase (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1642-1651

  • Hybrid Reduced-Order Modeling Based on Reduced Basis and PCQM Methods for Time-Dependent Diffusion Problem with Cross Section Feedback

    Qicang Shen (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1652-1661

  • Comparison of Various DNN Modelling Strategies for Assembly Node Averaged Multigroup Cross Section Representation for Nodal Codes

    Yi Meng Chan (KTH Royal Institute of Technology), Jan Dufek (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1664-1673

  • An Alternative Approach for Group Constants Regression Based on Supervised Learning Techniques

    Lorenzo Loi (Politecnico di Milano), Stefano Riva (Politecnico di Milano), Carolina Introini (Politecnico di Milano), Enrico Padovani (Politecnico di Milano), Francesca Giacobbo (Politecnico di Milano), Antonio Cammi (Politecnico di Milano)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1674-1683

  • Predicting PWR Fuel Assembly CIPS Susceptibility with Convolutional Neural Networks: Performance and Uncertainty Quantification

    Aidan Furlong (NCSU), Farah Alsafadi (NCSU), Scott Palmtag (NCSU), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Stanley Hayes (Duke Power), Xu Wu (NCSU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1684-1693

  • Monte Carlo with Single-Cycle Latency: Optimization of a Continuous Energy Cross Section Lookup Kernel for AI Accelerator Hardware

    John Tramm (ANL), Bryce Allen (ANL), Kazutomo Yoshii (ANL), Andrew Siegel (ANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1694-1702

  • Advancements in the Genetic-Driven Optimisation of the Few-Group Structures for Lead Fast Reactors Analysis

    A. Aimetta (Politecnico di Torino), N. Abrate (Politecnico di Torino), M. Massone (ENEA), S. Dulla (Politecnico di Torino)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1703-1712

  • Neutron Shielding Calculation with the ACE-FRENDY-CBZ Sequence

    Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1714-1721

  • Multigroup Cross-Section Data Processing for Deterministic Electron-Transport Calculation

    Xiaoying Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yunzhao Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Ruizhi Shao (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Ning Xu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Liangzhi Cao (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Tiejun Zu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yilin Liang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Junwei Qin (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Wei Shen (CANDU Owners Group)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1722-1731

  • Analytic Sensitivity Coefficients for General Multigroup Infinite Medium k-Eigenvalue Problems

    Colin A. Weaver (LANL), Michael E. Rising (LANL), Joel A. Kulesza (LANL), Christopher M. Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico), Pablo A. Vaquer (LANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1732-1743

  • Leveraging the Tensor Train Format for Many Energy Groups Deterministic Neutron Transport

    Mario I. Ortega (LANL), Duc P. Truong (LANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1744-1752

  • Impact of the Multigroup Velocity Approximation in the Evaluation of the Effective Neutron Lifetime

    Giorgio Valocchi (CEA), Jean Tommasi (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1753-1761

  • Particle Tracking in Involute-Based Reactor Geometries in SCONE Monte Carlo Code

    Mikolaj Adam Kowalski (Univ. Cambridge), Congjin Ding (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1764-1773

  • Calculating the Change in Power Shape due to Localised Perturbations to Nuclear Data Using a Generalised Sensitivities Method in MONK

    Andrew J. Cox (ANSWERS Software Service), Richard P. Hiles (ANSWERS Software Service), Simon D. Richards (ANSWERS Software Service), Paul N. Smith (ANSWERS Software Service)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1774-1781

  • Seismic Deformation of Spacer Grids -- Extension of ARCADIA and Validation of Proposed Neutronic Model

    J. Marten (Framatome), M. Schneider (Framatome), G. Sieber (Framatome), H. Keßler (Framatome)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1782-1791

  • UO2-Mo Composite Fuel Model Development and Simulation Using the ENIGMA Code

    Aiden Peakman (Univ. Manchester), Glyn Rossiter (National Nuclear Laboratory)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1792-1800

  • Stability Analyses of the Monte Carlo Neutron Transport with Thermal-Hydraulics Feedback

    Kaiwen Li (Tsinghua Univ.), Nan An (Tsinghua Univ.), Hao Luo (Tsinghua Univ.), Jingang Liang (Tsinghua Univ.), Ding She (Tsinghua Univ.), Zhihong Liu (Tsinghua Univ.), Kan Wang (Tsinghua Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1802-1811

  • Coarse Mesh Finite Difference Acceleration for Pebble Tracking Transport in Griffin

    Yaqi Wang (INL), Joshua Hanophy (INL), Namjae Choi (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1812-1821

  • Improved Decoupled Diffusion Synthetic Acceleration Scheme for Neutral Particle Transport

    Joseph M. Coale (LANL), James S. Warsa (LANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1822-1829

  • Assessing Nonlinear Diffusion Acceleration for Boltzmann Fokker Planck Equation in Slab Geometry

    Japan K. Patel (Univ. Michigan), Barry D. Ganapol (Univ. Arizona), Martha M. Matuszak (Univ. Michigan)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1830-1837

  • An Adaptive Model for Decay Heat Estimation Using Scram Curves

    Evgeny Nikitin (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Emil Fridman (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Alexander Ponomarev (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1838-1844

  • Pathline Reformulation of the Delayed Neutron Precursors Equation

    Mathis Caprais (CEA), Daniele Tomatis (newcleo), Nathan Greiner (CEA), André Bergeron (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1846-1855

  • Transport of Highly Volatile Gases Related to Noble Gases and Tritium in the MSRE

    Kyoung O. Lee (ORNL), David Kropaczek (ORNL), Jorge Navarro (ORNL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1856-1865

  • Nuclear Heating Benchmark in Molten Salt Fast Reactor

    A. Chambon (Technical Univ. Denmark), E.P. Senstius (Technical Univ. Denmark), N. Moret (Technical Univ. Denmark)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1866-1875

  • Benchmarking Between Fuel Cycle Codes and Nuclear Data Evaluations for Decay Heat After a Uranium-233 Fission Pulse

    Riko Okuyama (Hokkaido Univ.), Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.), Sebastien Lahaye (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1876-1885

  • A Numerical Study of the Similarity Between the Decay Heat of PWR and SFR MOX Fuels

    D. Da Cunha (CEA), J.-F. Lebrat (CEA), F. Nguyen (CEA), V. Vallet (CEA)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1886-1894

  • Impact of Inspection Time on Pebble-Bed Reactor Operation

    Clément Vayron de la Moureyre (Univ. California, Berkeley), Yves Robert (Univ. California, Berkeley), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1898-1907

  • ZONER: A Discrete Element Method (DEM) Post-Processing Methodology for Pebble Bed Reactors Spectral Regions Generation

    G. Busco (Kairos Power), F. Vitullo (Kairos Power), M. Lee (Kairos Power), J. Herter (Kairos Power), N. Satvat (Kairos Power)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1908-1915

  • Impact of Coupled DEM and Hyper-Fidelity Depletion on Pebble Bed Burnup

    Yves Robert (ORNL), Ludovic Jantzen (Univ. California, Berkeley), Tatiana Siaraferas (Univ. California, Berkeley), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1916-1926

  • Multiphysics Pebble-Bed Reactor Run-In Simulation Using a High-Fidelity Neutronics--Thermal Hydraulics Framework

    R. Stewart (INL), J. Cavaluzzi (INL), P. Balestra (INL), G. Strydom (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1927-1936

  • Preliminary Study on Multiphysics Transient Calculations for Pebble Bed Reactors Using High-Fidelity Depletion Data

    Tatiana Siaraferas (Univ. California, Berkeley), Ludovic V. Jantzen (Univ. California, Berkeley), Yves Robert (ORNL), Faisal A. Alseaidan (Univ. California, Berkeley), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1937-1946

  • Validation of the NECP-Bamboo Software Based on NPP Measurements

    Yilin Liang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yunzhao Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yuancheng Zhou (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yisong Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Shilong Zhou (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Hengrui Zhang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Weiguo Wang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yuxiang Ou (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Songzhe Wang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Junwei Qin (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Ruizhi Shao (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Xiaoying Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Wei Shen (Candu Owners Group)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1948-1957

  • Verification of NECP-Bamboo2.0 with Plate-Fuel-Type Research Reactors

    Yunzhao Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Junwei Qin (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Fan Xia (Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute Co.), Hongchun Wu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Xiaoying Li (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Yilin Liang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Wei Shen (CANDU Owners Group)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1958-1967

  • Multi-Physics Sub-Pin Resolution Analysis of a PWR Core with nTRACER/CTF for the OECD/NEA TVA Watts Bar 1 Benchmark

    M. Papadionysiou (EPFL), T. Albagami (NCSU), G. Delipei (NCSU), M. Avramova (NCSU), A. Vasiliev (PSI), H. Ferroukhi (PSI), K. Ivanov (NCSU), A. Pautz (PSI)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1968-1977

  • LDR Lite Benchmark: Description of the Core Model

    Riku Tuominen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Ville Valtavirta (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1978-1986

  • Pushing the Envelope for Irradiation Powers and Duration at the Advanced Test Reactor

    Nathan Manwaring (INL), Solmayra Flores (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1987-1994

  • Voronoï Mesh for a Thermally Coupled Model of Pebble Bed Reactor

    Ludovic Jantzen (Univ. California, Berkeley), Yves Robert (ORNL), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 1996-2005

  • Deterministic High-Fidelity Neutronics Simulation of Pebble Bed Reactors with Pebble Tracking Transport

    Liam Carlson (TAMU), Jean Ragusa (TAMU), Paolo Balestra (INL), Yaqi Wang (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2006-2016

  • Sensitivity of Thermo-Physical Salt Property Changes on Reactor Equilibrium for Salt-Cooled Pebble Bed Reactors

    Ludovic Jantzen (Univ. California, Berkeley), Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2017-2025

  • Impact of Cooldown on Pebble Fuel Burnup Prediction Using Machine Learning

    Jason Hou (NCSU), Nick Rollins (NCSU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2026-2035

  • Assessment of Worth of Telescopic Control Rods in a Pebble Bed Reactor Model

    Ethan P. Fowler (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gabriel Paramucchio (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Adrien Couet (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Peter Wilkinson (Unaffiliated), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2036-2044

  • Development of a Gaseous Fission Products' Model for a Molten Salt Reactor (MSR): Analysis of the Effect of the Gas Removal System's Efficiency on the Concentration of Xenon in the Fuel Circuit

    M. Marone (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), P. Rubiolo (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), V. Ghetta (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), J. Giraud (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), F. Quinteros (Univ. Grenoble Alpes)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2046-2057

  • Griffin's Depletion Calculation of Molten Salt Reactor Experiment

    D. Hartanto (ORNL), E. Davidson (ORNL), Y. Cao (ANL), T. Fei (ANL), M. Tano-Retamales (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2058-2067

  • Effect of Temperature Recirculation on Frequency Response and Stability of Molten Salt Reactors

    Lubomir Bures (Seaborg Technologies)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2068-2077

  • Verification and Validation Activities of Molten Salt Reactors Multiphysics Coupling Schemes at Idaho National Laboratory

    Mustafa K. Jaradat (INL), Namjae Choi (INL), Mauricio Tano Retamales (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL), Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL), Javier Ortensi (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2078-2087

  • Modeling the MSRR Using MPACT

    Nicholas Herring (Univ. Texas, Austin), Benjamin Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2088-2097

  • Coupled Simulation of the Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor BN-800 with the GRS System ATHLET-PARCS

    J. Bousquet (GRS), Y. Perin (GRS), R. Henry (GRS)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2100-2109

  • Breakeven Feasibility Study of Chlorine-Based MSFR with Discontinuous and Continuous Fuel Processes

    Eunhyug Lee (KAIST), Taesuk Oh (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2110-2119

  • New Design Core Options of Micro-Modular Lead Cooled Fast Reactors (MMLFR) for Facilitating Natural Circulation

    Seungnam Lee (Hanyang Univ.), Ser Gi Hong (Hanyang Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2120-2129

  • Neutronic Benchmark on the Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor

    Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Ahmed Abdelhameed (ANL), Alex Levinsky (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2130-2143

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    Saisundar Mohanty (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Tran Quoc Tuan (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Fathurrahman Setiawan (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Murat Serdar Aygul (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), DeokJung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2144-2152

  • Towards 2D Reference Deterministic Calculations in Support of Industrial Model Verification and Advanced Reflector Modeling Setup

    F. Inzirillo (Politecnico di Milano), A. Brighenti (Framatome), A. Cammi (Politecnico di Milano), L. Graziano (Framatome), A. Hebert (Polytechnique Montréal), G. Marleau (Polytechnique Montréal), S. Santandrea (CEA), B. Vezzoni (Framatome)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2154-2163

  • New Thermal and Leakage Synthetic Algorithms Applied to Best Estimate Schemes in Lattice Calculations

    A. Brighenti (Framatome), S. Santandrea (CEA), L. Graziano (Framatome), B. Vezzoni (Framatome)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2164-2173

  • Enhancing PWR Monte Carlo Simulations with GREAPMC: A GPU-Accelerated Approach

    Muhammad Rizwan Ali (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Murat Serdar Aygul (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2174-2183

  • Enrichment Interpolation for High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel Macroscopic Cross Section for Polaris/PARCS

    Junsu Kang (Univ. Michigan), Andrew M. Ward (Univ. Michigan), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Thomas J. Downar (Univ. Michigan)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2184-2193

  • Core Physics Characteristics of Extended Enrichment and Higher Burnup Boiling Water Reactor Fuel

    Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Riley Cumberland (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2194-2203

  • Comparative Analysis on the Passive Flow Rate Control in the Load-Follow Simulation for Holos-Quad Microreactor

    Sooyoung Choi (Univ. Michigan), Qicang Shen (Univ. Michigan), Claudio Filippone (HolosGen), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2206-2215

  • Modeling Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Using Nodal Diffusion Codes with Jacobian-Free Newton Krylov Generated Correction Parameters

    Jacob Smith (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2216-2225

  • Concept Study of a Fission Fragment Propulsion Nuclear System

    Dacai Zhang (Tsinghua Univ.), Xirui Zhang (Tsinghua Univ.), Zhechuan Tan (Tsinghua Univ.), Yuanhao Gou (Tsinghua Univ.), Minzhi Xiong (Tsinghua Univ.), Ganglin Yu (Tsinghua Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2226-2235

  • Mass and Power Estimations of Moderated and Unmoderated HALEU Fueled Heat-Pipe Reactors for Space Applications

    Riccardo Boccelli (Politecnico di Milano), Marco E. Ricotti (Politecnico di Milano), Angelica Peressotti (Thales Alenia Space Italia), Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), Andrea D'Ottavio (Thales Alenia Space Italia)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2236-2245

  • A Preliminary Neutronic Analysis of the ALFRED Reactor Core

    V. Vitali (newcleo), M. Falabino (newcleo), D. Tomatis (newcleo), M. Carta (newcleo)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2248-2257

  • Reactor Physics Modelling Challenges of the FLEX Reactor

    Simon Boddington (MoltexFLEX), Tom Taylor (MoltexFLEX), Peter Haigh (MoltexFLEX), Eduardo Cuoc (MoltexFLEX), Chris Hankinson (MoltexFLEX), Luke Godfrey (MoltexFLEX)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2258-2267

  • Updates on the OECD NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS)

    Oliver Buss (OECD NEA), Hakim Ferroukhi (Paul Scherrer Institute), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2268-2277

  • Initial Demonstration of New Griffin Capability for Simulating the Running-In Phase of Pebble-Bed Reactors with Multiphysics

    Joshua Hanophy (INL), Javier Ortensi (INL), Paolo Balestra (INL), Yaqi Wang (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2278-2287

  • Calculation and Analysis of Physical Characteristics of Gaseous Fuel Reactor

    Dacai Zhang (Tsinghua Univ.), Wenxiang Fang (Tsinghua Univ.), Zhechuan Tan (Tsinghua Univ.), Minzhi Xiong (Tsinghua Univ.), Yu Ganglin (Tsinghua Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2288-2297

  • A Study of Fuel Choice Effects when Transitioning to a Closed Fuel Cycle

    S. Richards (ANL), T. Kim (ANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2300-2307

  • 3D Full Core Depletion Analysis Using BSOLVE+MCNP6 Analysis of the Washington State University Reactor

    Meng-Jen (Vince) Wang (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Glenn E. Sjoden (Univ. Utah), C. Corey Hines (Washington State)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2308-2316

  • Thermal Analysis of the Sirius-3 Nuclear Propulsion Fuel Experiments

    Frederick N. Gleicher (INL), Mustafa K. Jaradat (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL), Mark DeHart (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2317-2329

  • Progress on Transport and Transmutation Analysis of Proton Beam Irradiating Long-Lived Spent Nuclear Waste

    Charlotte I. Wickert (MIT), Grigor Tukharyan (MIT), Jiankai Yu (MIT), Areg Danagoulian (MIT), Zachary Hartwig (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2330-2337

  • Long Time Scale Multiphysics Simulation of Spent Nuclear Fuel Canister in MOOSE

    Rodrigo de Oliveira (INL), Joshua Hanophy (INL), Paolo Balestra (INL), Derek Gaston (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2338-2345

  • Implementation of a Novel ERANOS Procedure for the Adjoint Power Evaluation in Coupled Depletion Problems

    Matteo Stanzani (Univ. Bologna), Donato Maurizio Castelluccio (ENEA), Francesco Lodi (ENEA), Vincenzo Giuseppe Peluso (ENEA), Giacomo Grasso (ENEA), Marco Sumini (Univ. Bologna)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2348-2357

  • Reactivity Decrease by Assembling Fuel Assemblies in a Heavy Water-Cooled Reactor

    Tomoatsu Shinohara (Tokyo City Univ.), Naoyuki Takaki (Tokyo City Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2358-2366

  • Fuel Cycle Analysis of Wielenga Innovation Static Salt Reactor (WISSR)

    Puran Deng (Univ. Michigan), Won Sik Yang (Univ. Michigan), Thomas Wielenga (Wielenga Innovation Foundation)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2367-2376

  • Multiphysics Analysis of a Minor Actinide Burning Molten Salt Reactor

    J. Eickman (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), M. Nyberg (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), U. Baker (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), B. Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2377-2386

  • Dynamics and Stability Analysis Study of a Thermal Molten Salt Reactor

    Thabit Abuqudaira (TAMU), Ümran Üzen (TAMU), Dahvien Dean (TAMU), Pavel Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2387-2396

  • The LVR-15 Reactor Full Core Analysis in Serpent 2/RINNOVO

    Jan Pinta (Research Centre Rez)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2398-2407

  • On Reactor Neutron Noise Induced by Fuel Assembly Vibrations in Large and Small Heterogeneous Water-Cooled Cores

    Salma Magdi Hussein (Chalmers Univ. Technology), Paolo Vinai (Chalmers Univ. Technology), Christophe Demaziere (Chalmers Univ. Technology)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2408-2417

  • Neutronic Design of a PWR-Based SMR (Small Modular Reactor) Core Using GdN Coating Burnable Absorber for Soluble Boron-Free Operation

    Sung Hyun Cho (Hanyang Univ.), Woojin Lee (Hanyang Univ.), Ser Gi Hong (Hanyang Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2418-2426

  • ANCKVIPRE Coupled Code Application to PWR Rod Withdrawal from Subcritical Event Analysis

    Peter A. Hilton (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael Gavalek (Westinghouse Electric Co.), John McMonigal (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Daniel Torres (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Gregory Stehle (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2427-2436

  • LDR Lite Benchmark: Coupled 3D Neutronics and Thermal-Hydraulics Analysis of a Control Rod Drop Transient

    Rebekka Komu (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Ville Valtavirta (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Riku Tuominen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Seppo Hillberg (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2437-2446

  • The Preliminary Assessment of the Feasibility of Transporting a Spent Microreactor from Shielding Perspective

    T. Fei (ANL), M. Atz (ANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2448-2457

  • Modeling Approaches for Depletion of a TRISO-Fueled Microreactor

    Keenan J. Hoffman (LANL), Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2458-2467

  • Global Core Environment Effects on Multigroup Cross Sections for Finer Energy Structures Within Microreactors

    Aaron Sommer (Georgia Tech), Farzad Rahnema (Georgia Tech), Abderrafi M. Ougouag (Georgia Tech), Dingkang Zhang (Georgia Tech), Mark DeHart (Georgia Tech)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2468-2477

  • Exploring Effects of Homogenization on an OpenMC Depletion Analysis of a TRISO Fueled, Helium Cooled Microreactor

    Lewis I. Gross (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Patrick Shriwise (ANL), Benjamin Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Paul P.H. Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2478-2487

  • Loading Pattern Optimization for LWRs Using Monte Carlo Tree Search

    Rikuto Kasama (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2490-2499

  • Scalarized Multiobjective Fuel Loading Optimization of Extended-Cycle NuScale Power Module with Evolutionary Algorithms

    Thomas Jayasankar (Univ. Michigan), Dean Price (Univ. Michigan), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2500-2509

  • Learning Nuclear Fuel Management, Case Study: Design of a Two-Year Equilibrium Cycle of a BWRX-300-like Small Modular Reactor

    Arturo Jiménez-Facio (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México), Juan-Luis Francois (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2510-2519

  • Stochastic Optimization to Find Reference Core Configuration for Refueling Simulations of Waste-Burning Stable Salt Reactor

    Seungug Jae (Univ. Michigan), Won Sik Yang (Univ. Michigan), Thanh Hua (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Tom Taylor (Moltex Energy), Luke Godfrey (Moltex Energy)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2520-2528

  • First Results of Uranium Nitride Fuel Characterization Using Accelerated Fuel Qualification Process

    A. Levinsky (LANL), Z. Miller (LANL), M. Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley), T. Matthews (LANL), G.T. Craven (LANL), M.W.D. Cooper (LANL), V. Mehta (LANL), D.A. Andersson (LANL), J.T. Rizk (LANL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2529-2538

  • Mobile Small Reactor Minor-Actinide Proliferation Resistant Fuel in LEU+ Once-Through Operation Cycle Performance Verification

    Gray S. Chang (JFoster & Assoc.), John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Patrick Moo (JFoster & Assoc.), Julie Foster (JFoster & Assoc.)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2540-2552

  • Progress Toward the Development of a High-Fidelity Neutronic Model of MARVEL Using Griffin

    S. Terlizzi (INL), I. Trivedi (INL)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2554-2560

  • Steady-State and Transient Analysis of a Heat-Pipe Cooled Micro-Reactor Using the DireWolf Code Suite

    Tatiana Siaraferas (Univ. California, Berkeley), Vefa Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Mykola Boychenko (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2561-2570

  • Modeling of a Representative MHTGR 350MWth Supercell with RAPTOR

    Luke Wells (Georgia Tech), Andrew Johnson (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)

    Proceedings | International Conference on Physics of Reactors (PHYSOR 2024) | San Francisco, CA, April 21-24, 2024 | Pages 2571-2580

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