Winter Conference 2023 / Volume 129

Full Issue

A Regulatory Framework for Commercial Nuclear Missions on the Moon

Alexander Q. Gilbert (Zeno Power Systems), Jaclyn Wiley (Zeno Power Systems)

Coming in Hot? A Retrospective Review of Nuclear Spacecraft End-of-Life Strategies

Jaclyn Wiley (Zeno Power), Alex Gilbert (Zeno Power)

Long-Life Hybrid Power Sources for Extreme Space and Arctic Environments

Thomas Adams (Naval Surface Warfare Center), Peter Cabauy (City Labs), Darrell Cheu (Purdue), Shripad Revankar (Purdue), Vilas G. Pol (Purdue)

Z1: Unveiling a Novel Lightweight Strontium-90 Radioisotope Heat Source with Innovative Fuel and Shielding Design

J.R. Matthews (Zeno Power Systems), T.R. Riley (Zeno Power Systems), O. Zivkovic (Zeno Power Systems), C.E. Whiting (Univ. Dayton), J.A. Katalenich (PNNL)

Dynamic Modeling of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Systems Under Drum Fault Conditions

David Anderson (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Dane de Wet (ORNL), Wesley C. Williams (ORNL)

Conventional Plume and Fallout Models and the Problem of Resuspension in the Emergency Phase

Michael Kaminski (ANL), Nico Daiyega (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Matthew Magnuson (U.S. EPA)

Development of Artificial Intelligence Model on Historical Site Assessment for Nuclear Decommissioning: COSMOS

Hyungi Byun (FNC Technology Co.), Juyub Kim (FNC Technology Co.), Taebin Yoon (FNC Technology Co.), Doo Yong Lee (FNC Technology Co.)

Becoming more SAVY About Short Term Nuclear Storage Containers Through Machine Learning

Jonathan Gigax (LANL), Steven Lukow (LANL), Ross Lee (LANL), Joseph Hafen (LANL), Justin Ruthstrom (LANL), David Grow (LANL)

Subcritical Test Assembly -- Senior Design Project

Daniel Racz (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas Branam (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Gabriel Lentchner (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sophia Hitson (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sinan Zhang (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Event Sequence Analysis to Support a Full Scope Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment Framework for the PULSTAR Research Reactor

Maddison Barber (NCSU), May Wells (NCSU), Alex Chaisson (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)

Cask Design and Offline Processing of Fuel Salt via Fluorination and Impurity Absorption for MSR Nuclear Waste (COFFIN)

Gracie Eccleston (Georgia Tech), Jana Shade (Georgia Tech), Zach Welchel (Georgia Tech), Caryanne Wilson (Georgia Tech)

Design Optimization of an Organic-Cooled Light-Water-Moderated Micro-Reactor for Electricity and Hydrogen Generation

Assil Halimi (MIT), Gyutae Park (MIT), Isabel Naranjo De Candido (MIT), Loukas Carayannopoulos (MIT)

Large-Area Plasma-Liquid Reactors for Water Purification in Space

Sean M. Peyres (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jasmine Dinari (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Matt Koska (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

A Self-Reflection on Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Engineering

Haley Williams (Univ. California, Berkeley), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Nuclear Science and Engineering in the 21st Century: A Study Abroad Program in London, England

Sheldon Landsberger (Univ. Texas, Austin), Nicholas Kaitschuck (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Integrating XR Technologies to Teach the Socially Engaged Design of Nuclear Energy Systems

Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan), Katie Snyder (Univ. Michigan)

LSTM Autoencoder Prediction of Distributed Temperature in Liquid Sodium Using Measurements with Co-located Fiber Optic Sensor and Sparse Multi-Point Thermocouple Array

Lauren Kohler (NCSU), Matthew Weathered (ANL), Anthonie Cilliers (Kairos Power), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)

Distance Learning at the MS and PhD Levels in the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Program, Nuclear and Applied Robotics, Materials Science and Engineering and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin

Sheldon Landsberger (Univ. Texas, Austin), William Charlton (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ofodike Ezekoye (Univ. Texas, Austin), Desiderio Kovar (Univ. Texas, Austin), Derek Haas (Univ. Texas, Austin), Mitchell Pryor (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Summary of a Novel Friction Factor Model for Wire-Wrapped Rod Bundle

Adam Dix (Purdue), Seungjin Kim (Purdue)

Transient Multilayer Analytical Model of a Line Heat Source Probe for In-Pile Thermal Conductivity Measurements

Katelyn Wada (Boise State), Austin Fleming (INL), Joshua Eixenberger (Boise State), Brian Jaques (Boise State), David Estrada (Boise State)

Transformations and Speciation of Iodine in the Environment as a Result of Oxidation by Manganese Minerals

Ilana B. Szlamkowicz (Univ. Central Florida), Andrew J. Fentress (Univ. Central Florida), Luke F. Longen (Univ. Central Florida), Jordan S. Stanberry (Univ. Central Florida), Vasileios A. Anagnostopoulos (Univ. Central Florida)

Synthesis of Americium Trichloride via Chlorination of Americium Oxide with Zirconium Tetrachloride in LiCl-KCl Molten Salt

Bethany Kersten (Case Western Reserve Univ.), Rohan Akolkar (Case Western Reserve Univ.), Christine E. Duval (Case Western Reserve Univ.)

Zeolite Synthesis Outcomes as Predictors of Nuclear Waste Glass Stability

Adam J. Mallette (Univ. Houston), James Neeway (PNNL), Jeffrey D. Rimer (Univ. Houston)

Investigation of ZrCl4 and NH4Cl as Gaseous Chlorinating Agents in Eutectic LiCl-KCl

Jarom Chamberlain (Univ. Utah), Nathan Rood (Univ. Utah), Michael Simpson (Univ. Utah)

Electrochemical Studies of Actinides in Molten Salt and Aqueous Media in Support of Nuclear Material Management

Bethany Kersten (Case Western Reserve Univ.), Rohan Akolkar (Case Western Reserve Univ.), Christine E. Duval (Case Western Reserve Univ.)

Analysis of Neutronic Parameters Using MCNP 6.2 for the Molten Salt Irradiation Facility at the PULSTAR Reactor

Matthew Schweitzer (NCSU), Ming Liu (NCSU), Austin Wells (NCSU), Nick Poole (NCSU), Nina Colby Fleming (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)

Heat Transfer Performance of a Wire-Wrapped Sodium Fast Reactor Fuel Rod Simulator

Nicholas J. Thoreson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mathieu Martin (TerraPower), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)

Optical Basicity Determination of Molten Halide Salts

K. Buttice (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), A. Couet (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), R. Gakhar (INL)

Demonstration of Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy in Molten Salts

Davis Bryars (NCSU), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)

Simulating a Molten Salt Gas Stream for a LIBS Experiment

Nicholas Poole (NCSU), Ming Liu (NCSU), Matt Schweitzer (NCSU), Austin Wells (NCSU), Colby Fleming (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)

Contact Glow Discharge Electrolysis: A Novel Tool for Material Quantification in Molten Salts

Kayla Hahn (NCSU), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)

Establishing a Domestic HALEU Supply Chain

Sarah Cole (Boise State), Alan Levin (Washington Internships for Students of Engineering), Brian Jaques (Boise State)

Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy to Analyze Alloy 617 Exposed to HTGR Temperatures

T. Ray (Purdue), A. Hassanein (Purdue)

Micro-HTGR Integration with Different Power Block Options

Stella Betts (Purdue), T-Ying Lin (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)

Establishing the Relationship Between Reactor Design Choices and Cost Outcomes

Rowan M. Marchie (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)

Constrained Bayesian Optimization to Design Critical Experiments for Advanced Reactors

Michael G. Branco-Katcher (Oregon State), Daniel S. Siefman (LLNL), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)

Multiphysics Modeling of a Heat Pipe Microreactor Using Serpent and OpenFOAM

Dean Price (Univ. Michigan), Nathan Roskoff (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)

Tritium Diffusion Through Na-Montmorillonite

Matthew Riss (Clemson Univ.), Brian A. Powell (Clemson Univ.)

Discrete Element Simulation of Thermal-Fluidic Transport in a Packed Spherical Particle Bed

Andres Gomez (Purdue), Graham Wilson (ANL), Daniel Gould (ASRC Federal), Molly Ross (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)

Electrode Materials for Uranium Electroanalytical Chemistry in Molten Chloride Salts

Hannah K. Patenaude (LANL), Charles R. Lhermitte (LANL), Kenneth R. Czerwinski (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Cory A. Rusinek (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Marisa J. Monreal (LANL)

Future Salt Irradiations for Fission and Fusion Systems

Charles Forsberg (MIT)

Excess Criticality Mitigation for Pebble Bed Reactor Fuels by Pebble Displacement and Replacement

Jonathan Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Gordon M. Petersen (INL), Robert A. Joseph (INL)

Plasma Bubble Spectroscopy: A Method for Material Quantification of Molten Salts

Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)

Na-22 for Safeguarding and Mass Accounting of Molten Salt Systems

Matthew Van Zile (Ohio State), Andrew Kauffman (Ohio State), Kevin Herminghuysen (Ohio State), Shelly Li (Univ. Utah), Michael Simpson (Univ. Utah), Praneeth Kandlakunta (Ohio State), Guoping Cao (INL), Lei R. Cao (Ohio State)

Quantifying I-129 Flux to the Environment in Once-Through and Reprocessing Fuel Cycles

Kay Whiteaker (MIT), Haruko Wainwright (MIT)

Corrosion Studies of Spent Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor (AGR) Fuel and AGR SIMFUELs

Yifeng Huang (Lancaster Univ.), Colin Boxall (Lancaster Univ.), Richard Wilbraham (Lancaster Univ.), David Hambley (National Nuclear Laboratory), James Goode (National Nuclear Laboratory), Lucy Kissick (National Nuclear Laboratory), Stephen Henderson (National Nuclear Laboratory), Andrew Taylor (National Nuclear Laboratory)

Criticality Analysis of Repackaged TRISO Particles for Waste Volume Reduction

Jonathan Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Assessment of the Corrosion Vulnerability of Common Plant Materials in the EURO-GANEX Process

Richard J. Wilbraham (Lancaster Univ.), Colin Boxall (Lancaster Univ.)

Progress in the Verification and Validation Efforts for START: A Spent Fuel Routing Tool

Harish R. Gadey (PNNL), Kacey D. McGee (PNNL), Patrick D. Royer (PNNL)

Predicting Stress at Deformed Regions of SAVY-4000 Nuclear Material Storage Containers with an Experimentally Validated Finite Element Analysis Model

Joseph D. Hafen (LANL), Steven Lukow (LANL), Samrat Choudhury (Univ. Mississippi), Jonathan Gigax (LANL)

Scoping Analysis of Fuel Costs and Spent Fuel Volume for Small Pressurized Water Reactors

Assil Halimi (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)

Disposal MOX: A Combined Study of its Fabrication and Disposability

Jack Rolfe (Lancaster Univ.), Ian Robertson (Lancaster Univ.), Michael Bromley (Lancaster Univ.), Colin Boxall (Lancaster Univ.), Dave Goddard (National Nuclear Laboratory), Rosie Hibberd (Nuclear Waste Services)

Development of a Simple Improved Repository Risk Assessment Measure

Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Allen Croff (Vanderbilt Univ.), Irfan Ibrahim (Vanderbilt Univ.)

Emulation of Radiation Damage in Neutron Absorber Under Dry Storage Environments

Woong Ha (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Sangjoon Ahn (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)

Study on Microstructure and Residual Stress of Nuclear Material Storage Container SAVY-4000

Hyosim Kim (LANL), Jonathan Gigax (LANL), Alexander S. Bishop (LANL), Tristan Karns (LANL), Paul H. Smith (LANL)

Neutron Absorber Material Monitoring for Spent Fuel Pools

Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)

Results from 3-D Heat Signature Simulations for Safeguarded Spent Nuclear Fuel

Alvaro Pizarro-Vallejos (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Michael D. Kaminski (ANL)

A Comparison of As-Loaded Dose Calculations to Measured Dose Rates

Justin Clarity (PNNL), Steve Maheras (PNNL), Veronica Wilson (PNNL), Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL), Paul Miller (PNNL)

A Regulatory Approach to Nuclear Reactor Transportation

Jonathon D. Wheelwright (Univ. Idaho), R. A. Borrelli (Univ. Idaho)

Unlocking Radioisotope Power System Markets via a Robust Supply Chain

P.S. Snouffer (Zeno Power Systems), H.S. Desai (Zeno Power Systems), J.R. Matthews (Zeno Power Systems)

Rapid Photochemical Reduction for U(VI)/Pu(IV) Conditioning in MOx Fuel Production

M. Bromley (Lancaster Univ.), C. Boxall (Lancaster Univ.), R. Taylor (National Nuclear Laboratory), M. Sarsfield (National Nuclear Laboratory)

Simulation of Gas Dynamics in the Chamber of Inertial Fusion Energy Systems Using State-of-the-Art Numerical Libraries

Nahom Habtemariam (TAMU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Susana Reyes (Xcimer Energy), Sebastian Schunert (INL)

Efficient and Accurate Neutronics Simulation for Nuclear Fusion Devices: A CAD-Based Approach

Austin Carter (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Amanda Johnson (MPR Assoc.), Megan Wart (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Ryanne Kennedy (MPR Assoc.)

Implementation of Temperature-Dependent Cross Sections for Fusion Reactor Flux and Heat Deposition Analysis

Jackson Stanley (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Austin Carter (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Megan Wart (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Ryanne Kennedy (MPR Assoc.)

Deterministic Neutronic Analysis of a Deep Shield with Penetrations

Michael Saitta (MPR Assoc.), Andrea A. Saltos (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Ryanne Kennedy (MPR Assoc.)

Benchmark of the FNS Skyshine Experiment Using the Attila Deterministic Solver

Andrea A. Saltos (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Andrew Cooper (Silver Fir Software), Dominic Napolitano (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)

Efficient Compression of Reactor Vessel Monitoring Sensor Data Using Machine Learning

Styliani Pantopoulou (Purdue), Anthonie Cilliers (Kairos Power), Lefteri Tsoukalas (Purdue), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)

Partial Nuclear Fuel Melt Predictions Using LSTM as Surrogate Model

James Daniell (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Predicting Plenum Pressure Using Operational Parameters in Nuclear Fuels

James Daniell (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Multivariate Time Series Classification Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Real-Time Anomaly Detection in Nuclear Reactors

Konstantinos Vasili (Purdue), Zachery Thomas Dahm (Purdue), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue), Vasileios Theos (Purdue), William Richards (Purdue), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)

Developing an AI-Powered Zero-Trust Cybersecurity Framework for Malware Prevention in Nuclear Power Plants

Sajedul Talukkder (Southern Illinois Univ.), Palash Kumar Bhowmik (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Towards a Cyber-Physical Testbed for Cybersecurity Research in Nuclear Environments

Vasileios Theos (Purdue), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue), True Miller (Purdue), Brian Jowers (Purdue), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)

Simulating Quantum Key Distribution for Nuclear Reactor Communications with NuQKD

Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue), Vasileios Theos (Purdue), Philip G. Evans (ORNL), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)

Adversarial AI Threats on Digitization of Nuclear Power Plants

Kishor Datta Gupta (Clark Atlanta Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Southern Illinois Univ.), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Comparison of Exponential Smoothing and GRU-Based Monitoring of Liquid Sodium Heater Zones

Maria Pantopoulou (Purdue), Derek Kultgen (ANL), Lefteri Tsoukalas (Purdue), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)

Structural Deformation in Fluid-Structure Interaction for Nuclear Systems

Dinesh Kumar (Univ. Bristol), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Operation Optimization Framework for Advanced Reactors Using a Dynamic Bayesian Network Based Digital Twin

Andy Rivas (NCSU), G.K. Delipei (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU)

Estimation of Remaining Useful Life of Nuclear Power Plant Assets for Digital Twin Framework Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network

Md Nazmus Sakib (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Demonstrating Distributed Fiber-Optic Temperature Sensors in a Simulated Gas-Cooled Reactor Outlet

Holden C. Hyer (ORNL), Dominic Giuliano (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)

Characterization of Noise in Optical Fiber Measurements for Machine Learning Data Set Development

Konstantinos Prantikos (Purdue), Taeseung Lee (ANL), David Catalan (Moltex Energy), Thanh Hua (ANL), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Purdue), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)

“Evolve or Perish” also Applies to your I&C Room

Otto Fest (OTEK Corp.)

In-Situ Detection of Neodymium Isotope Using Laser Ablation -- Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy

Sung-Uk Choi (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Jong-Il Yun (KAIST)

Assessment of Performance for Algorithms Estimating Cosmic Ray Muon Trajectories

Reshma Ughade (Purdue), JungHyun Bae (ORNL), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)

Using the Oak Ridge Subcritical Assembly for Gamma Ray Measurements

Walid A. Metwally (ORNL), Mathieu Dupont (ORNL), Cihangir Celik (ORNL)

Xenon Detection Using Double-Pulse Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

L.J. Garrett (Univ. Michigan), M. Burger (Univ. Michigan), Y. Lee (KAIST), H. Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), P. Sabharwall (INL), S. Choi (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), I. Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)

Development of Second-Generation Short-Lived Radioisotope Separator Isotope Source

Peter Norgard (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Brad Jeffries (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), John Gahl (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Barry Higgins (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor)

Charged-Particle Optical Element Modeling for a High Performance EMIS Beamline

Peter Norgard (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Barry Higgins (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Brad Jeffries (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), John Gahl (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor)

Optimization of Irradiation Timing for Isotope Production with Unintended Contamination

Peter Norgard (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Brad Jeffries (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), John Gahl (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Barry Higgins (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor)

The Design of High-Temperature Molten Salt Irradiation Test Apparatus

Mahmoud Eltawila (Penn State), Erik Hisahara (Penn State), Berke Yesilada (Penn State), William Walters (Penn State), Amanda Johnsen (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State)

Third Generation Mesitylene Based Cold Neutron Source Development at Penn State Breazeale Reactor (PSBR)

Kenan Unlu (Penn State), Daniel Beck (Penn State)

Investigation of the Evolution of Defects in Wide Bandgap β-Gallium Oxide

L.R. Gomez-Hurtado (NCSU), R. McRobie (NCSU), M. Liu (NCSU), C. Fleming (NCSU), A.I. Hawari (NCSU), G. Yang (NCSU)

Scaling Factor Application Plan for Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste Produced at Cyclotron Facility

Sang Bong Lee (KAERI), Hyun Jin Lee (KAERI), Gyo Sung Jeong (KAERI), Dae Sung Choi (KAERI), Hee Seo (Jeonbuk Nat'l Univ.)

Investigation of Computing a Background Radiation Model Using Self-Processed Matrix Profile Method

Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)

Nondestructive Analysis to Determine Thorium Behavior During Uranium Metal Casting

Stephen LaMont (LANL), Mark Edwards (LANL), Kara Luitjohan (LANL), Mitzi Boswell (LANL), Mike James (LANL), Seth Imhoff (LANL), Theresa Kayzar-Boggs (LANL)

Reducing Spatial Discretization Error with Linear Discontinuous Source Tilting in Iterative Quasi-Monte Carlo for Neutron Transport

Samuel Pasmann (Univ. Notre Dame), Ilham Variansyah (Oregon State), C.T. Kelley (NCSU), Ryan G. McClarren (Univ. Notre Dame)

Randomized JFNK with Application to Parallel k-eigenvalue Neutron Transport Calculation

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

Termination of Picard Iteration for Coupled Neutronics/Thermal-Hydraulics Simulations

Dean Wang (Ohio State), Paul K. Romano (ANL)

Photon Radiography Simulations with Quasi-Monte Carlo Source Sampling

Massimo Larsen (Oregon State), Simon Bolding (LANL)

Embedded Pin Power Reconstruction in 3-D Small LWR Core

Yunseok Jeong (KAIST), Hwanyeal Yu (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)

An Analysis of Two Variance Deconvolution Approaches for Stochastic Media Radiation Transport Using Conditional Point Sampling (CoPS)

Dominic Lioce (Univ. California, Berkeley), Aaron J. Olson (Sandia), Kayla B. Clements (Oregon State), Anil K. Prinja (Univ. New Mexico), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)

Leveraging Geospatial Statistical Methods for Prediction of Radioactive Hotspots at Former Uranium Mine Sites

Nancy L. Glenn Griesinger (Texas Southern Univ.), Mark C. Harvey (Texas Southern Univ.)

Accelerating Finite Element Analysis Using a Multi-Fidelity Computational Scheme

Ian M. Aranda (LANL), Jean C. Ragusa (TAMU), Vedant K. Mehta (LANL)

Preliminary Results for Uncertainty Quantification on Asymptotic Hydrogen Redistribution in a Prototypical Yttrium-Hydride Moderated Heat-Pipe-Cooled Microreactor

Quentin Faure (NCSU), Vincent Laboure (INL), Stefano Terlizzi (INL)

The Effect of Point Reactor Kinetics Solvers on the Accuracy of Nuclear Reactor Simulations

Thabit Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)

Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Crud Buildup Locations in Pressurized Water Reactors

Aidan Furlong (NCSU), Farah Alsafadi (NCSU), Lauren Kohler (NCSU), Xu Wu (NCSU), Scott Palmtag (NCSU), Andrew Godfrey (ORNL), Stanley Hayes (Duke Power)

Nuclear Data Uncertainty Reduction Through Bayesian Assimilation for Advanced Reactor Safeguards Modeling

Andre Vidal Soares (Penn State), William Walters (Penn State)

BWR-ComodoNet: Correction Model for Diffusion Solver Based on Neural Networks

M.R. Oktavian (Purdue), J. Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), J.T. Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Y. Xu (Purdue)

Time-Series Classification Using LSTM to Identify Anomalies in Nuclear Reactor Data

Zachery Dahm (Purdue), Konstantinos Vasili (Purdue), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue), Vasileos Theos (Purdue), William Richards (Purdue), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)

Measuring Viscosity of Molten Salts Using Laser Video Holography

Hayden S. Bland (NCSU), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)

Investigating the Thermal Conductivity of Molten Salts Using Thermoreflectance

Syed Muhammad Mujtaba Rizvi (NCSU), Alexander W. Bataller (NCSU)

High-Throughput Prediction of Molten Salt Mixture Density with Supervised Machine Learning

Julián Barra Otondo (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), Shayan Shahbazi (ANL), Tyler Starkus (ANL), Anthony Birri (ORNL), Simone Audesse (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), Prasanna Balaprakash (ORNL), Rajni Chahal (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), Stephen Lam (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell)

Sources of Error in the Measurement of Thermophysical Properties of Molten Salts

D. Nathanael Gardner (Univ. California, Berkeley), Maximilien Denis (Univ. California, Berkeley), Zachary Falkowski (Univ. California, Berkeley), L. Vergari (Univ. California, Berkeley), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Wear and Friction of Nuclear Graphite in FLiBe

L. Vergari (Univ. California, Berkeley), J. Xu (Univ. California, Berkeley), R. O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)

A Comparison of Mass Loss Analyses for Molten Salt Corrosion

Ryan D. Hayes (Univ. California, Berkeley), Sean H. Mills (Univ. California, Berkeley), Gabriel Meric de Bellefon (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Dan Thoma (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Andrew Minor (Univ. California, Berkeley), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Drivers and Limiting Steps for Corrosion in Molten Salt Loops

Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Development of Enriched Uranium-Bearing Molten Salt Irradiation Capability

Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Stephen Warmann (INL), Calvin Downey (INL), Morgan Kropp (INL), Greg Core (INL), Chuting Tsai (INL), William Phillips (INL)

Transient Thermal Wave Technique for the Measurement of the Thermal Diffusivity of Irradiated Fuel Rods

Duane DiCenzo II (Univ. Pittsburgh), Phillip Santillo (Univ. Pittsburgh), Heng Ban (Univ. Pittsburgh)

Advanced Microstructural Characterization of Circumferential and Radial Hydrides in Reactor-Grade Zirconium Cladding Tube Using EBSD and DSC

Dahyeon Woo (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Joo-Hee Kang (Institute of Materials Science), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)

Simulating PCMI Using BISON for SiC/SiC Composite Tubes for RIA-like Conditions

Elizabeth Martinez (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Corrosion Behaviour of Uranium Nitride Thin Films in Post-Irradiation Storage

G. Berhane (Lancaster Univ.), C. Boxall (Lancaster Univ.), D. Goddard (National Nuclear Laboratory), R. Springell (Univ. Bristol), J. Wasik (Univ. Bristol), R.J. Wilbraham (Lancaster Univ.)

Development Status of High Thermal Conductive ATF Pellet and Burnable Absorber Fuel Pellet in KAERI

Dong-Joo Kim (KAERI), Dong Seok Kim (KAERI), Jae Ho Yang (KAERI), Ji-Hae Yoon (KAERI), Ji Hwan Lee (KAERI)

MFUEL: Mechanistic Metal Fuel Performance Models of SAS4A/SASSYS-1

Aydin Karahan (ANL), Daniel O'Grady (ANL), Taeil Kim (ANL), Thomas Fanning (ANL)

Simulated Pellet Dispersal Experiments to Study FFRD Behavior Using i-LOCA

Hyunwoo Yook (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), SungHoon Joung (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Boyeon Kweon (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)

HERA Modeling and Simulation Exercise: BISON Results

C. Folsom (INL), S. Seo (INL), D. Kamerman (INL), C. Jensen (INL)

Coupling of Fuel Cladding Chemical Interaction BISON Correlation Model with a Porous Diffusion Model

Robert D. Powers (Oregon State), Guillaume Mignot (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State)

Development of a Model for Irradiation-Induced Grain Growth in UO2 Thin Films

Md Ali Muntaha (Univ. Florida), Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida), Larry Aagesen (INL)

Phase-Field Modeling of Hot Isostatic Pressing for Joining Dissimilar Metals

Albert C. Lin (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Yongfeng Zhang (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Xiaoyuan Lou (Purdue)

Supervised Machine Learning for Classification of MgB2 Bulk Densities Based on SEM Micrographs

Fabiano Carvalho de Castro Sene (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Counterfeit Prevention Using Thermal Imaging for Binder-Jet Printed Parts

James Oti (Univ. Pittsburgh), Ryan Wassel (Univ. Pittsburgh), Jung-Kun Lee (Univ. Pittsburgh), Nikhil Bajaj (Univ. Pittsburgh)

Conceptual Neutronics Scoping for Ramp Testing in the Advanced Test Reactor

Travis Labossiere-Hickman (INL), Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), David Kamerman (INL)

Feasibility of Power Ramp Testing in the Advanced Test Reactor

Michael J. Worrall (INL), Nate S. Oldham (INL), Kendell R. Horman (INL)

Towards High-Throughput Alloy Development for Nuclear Reactor Applications

Jonathan Gigax (LANL), Hyosim Kim (LANL), Matthew Chancey (LANL), Jon Kevin Baldwin (LANL)

Predicting the Transmutation of Fuel Taggants

Elijah C. Lutz (Sandia), Jeremy M. Osborn (Sandia)

Linear and Non-linear Optical Characterization of Glass and Sapphire for Optical Instrumentation of Advanced Fission Reactors

Bryan Morgan (Univ. Michigan), Matthew Van Zile (Ohio State), Christian Petrie (ORNL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Milos Burger (Univ. Michigan), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)

Assessing the Impact of Sensitivity/Uncertainty Selection Criteria on Computational Bias Prediction

K. Lisa Reed (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), V. Karriem (ORNL)

Evaluation of Thermal Neutron Scattering Cross Section of Uranium Silicide with Ab Initio Lattice Dynamics

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

Criticality Safety Control Strategy for the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project

Tracy E. Stover (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Marvin H. Barnett (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Ulric Groves (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)

Phonon-Informed Neural Thermal Scattering (NeTS) Optimization for Crystalline Graphite and Beryllium Metal

J.P.W. Crozier (NCSU), A.I. Hawari (NCSU)

Investigation of the Impact of TSL Data Libraries on the MSRE Benchmark

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

Neutron Noise Analysis of the Neptunium Subcritical Observation (NESO) Experiment

J. Hutchinson (LANL), A.R. Clark (LANL), T. Cutler (LANL), J. Lamproe (LANL), A. McSpaden (LANL), N. Thompson (LANL)

The Jupiter High-240 Experiment

John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Alexander B. Brown (LANL), Alexander T. McSpaden (LANL), Joetta M. Goda (LANL), Travis J. Grove (LANL), Geordie McKenzie (LANL), Rene G. Sanchez (LANL), Jessie L. Walker (LANL)

Neutron Absorber Plate Characterization Plan for Criticality Experiments Design

Mathieu N. Dupont (ORNL), William J. Marshall (ORNL)

ANSI/ANS-8.3 Criteria and the use of Electronic Personal Detectors as a Criticality Accident Alarm System

James S. Baker (Spectra Tech), William Newmyer (21 Consulting Group)

Considerations for the use of Electronic Personal Detectors as a Criticality Accident Alarm System

James S. Baker (Spectra Tech), William Newmyer (21 Consulting Group)

Assessment of the Need for a Criticality Accident Alarm System in the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility

William Newmyer (21 Consulting Group), James S. Baker (Spectra Tech)

Criticality Accident Alarm System Needs Assessment for Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project

Tracy E. Stover (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Marvin H. Barnett (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)

Mobile Plutonium Processing Facility Criticality Accident Alarm System Need Assessment

Marcus D. Harris (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Steven J. Nathan (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)

Multiple Critical Unresolved Region Integral Experiment (MCURIE): A Proposed Integral Critical Experimental Framework for Unresolved Region and Intermediate Energies

Travis Grove (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL)

Design of Nuclear Criticality Safety Framework for Hands-on Construction of Fast Systems over Ranges of Multiplication

Luke Oukrop (LANL), Shripad Revankar (Purdue), Daniel Prestin (Purdue), Korie Berdine (Purdue), Nathan Tollett (Purdue), Travis Grove (LANL), Jessie Walker (LANL), Travis Smith (LANL)

Polymer Compositions in Critical Experiments: Possibly Not What You Think

Theresa Cutler (LANL), Travis Grove (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL)

Deviations from Criticality Accident Alarm System (CAAS) Requirements in Operational Facilities

David Kirkwood (Sellafield), Amy van der Vyver (Sellafield)

Demonstrating Adequate CAAS Coverage for GNF-A Fuel Facility at 8 wt.% 235U

James Banfield (Global Nuclear Fuel), Qi Ao (Boston Government Services), Lon Paulson (Global Nuclear Fuel)

Application of the ANSI/ANS-8.3-2022 Minimum Accident to Tube Vault Storage

Michael MacDonald (Consolidated Nuclear Security), Timothy Jackson (Consolidated Nuclear Security)

Experimental Testing of Personal Dosimetry Interference from a Portable X-ray Generator

Timothy Jackson (Y-12 National Security Complex), Jeff Preston (Y-12 National Security Complex), Nathaniel Johnson (Y-12 National Security Complex), Michael Macdonald (Y-12 National Security Complex)

Progress Towards the Reality of Low-Temperature Critical Experiments with Low-Temperature TEX

Eric Aboud (LLNL), Jesse Norris (LLNL), Catherine Percher (LLNL), Nick Killingsworth (LLNL), Paul Yap-Chiongco (LLNL), Venkata Ravindra (National Nuclear Laboratory), Alfie O'Neill (National Nuclear Laboratory), Deborah Hill (National Nuclear Laboratory), Steve Graham (National Nuclear Laboratory)

Development of Shielding Benchmarks Using the Godiva IV Assembly

Riley Cumberland (ORNL)

Critical Experiments Targeting the Epithermal/Intermediate Cross Sections of Tantalum

David E. Ames (Sandia), Gary A. Harms (Sandia), Elijah Lutz (Sandia), Mathieu Dupont (ORNL)

Godiva IV Burst Reproducibility and Diagnostic Testing

Joetta M. Goda (LANL), Travis Grove (LANL), Bruce Pierson (PNNL), Danielle Redhouse (Sandia), Robert A. Weldon Jr. (LANL)

Preliminary Analysis of the LLNL Measurements for the Joint LLNL, LANL, and IRSN High Multiplication Subcritical Measurements

Jesse Norris (LLNL)

ANS-8 Nuclear Criticality Safety Consensus Standards -- Current Initiatives

Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)

Coupling SCALE with DAKOTA for Axial Burnup Profiles Assessment in Burnup Credit

Veronica Karriem (ORNL), Robert Lefebvre (ORNL), William Marshall (ORNL)

SFP Criticality Code Validation for ATF and LEU+

Michael Wenner (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Robert Hall (EPRI), Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)

Thermal Scattering Law Data Development for Paraffin Wax

T. Ahmed (NCSU), B.K. Laramee (NCSU), A.I. Hawari (NCSU)

Accelerated Basin De-Inventory and Spent Fuel Project Criticality Safety

Amanda Szasz (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)

Development of Dynamic Integrated Consequence Evaluation (DICE) for Integrated Safety Assessment Through Compliance with Conventional PSA

Sejin Baek (KAERI), Gyunyoung Heo (Kyung Hee Univ.)

Fault Tree Analysis of an Innovative Thermal Power Dispatch System for Nuclear Power Plants

Vinicius Zanardo Rodrigues (Ohio State), Xiaoxu Diao (Ohio State), Carol Smidts (Ohio State)

Considerations Related to Licensing First of a Kind Reactors

David Petti (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

Investigation on Deformation Mechanism of a Reactor Lower Head Under Severe Accident

Kukhee Lim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Yong Jin Cho (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Yoonhee Lee (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)

Economics of Steam Cycle Integrated Hydrogen Production from PWR SMR

Nayoung Kim (KAIST), Jung Hwan Park (KAIST), Yong Jae Chae (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)

Assessing the Impact of Mass Production on Microreactor Costs

Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Botros Hanna (INL), Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Yasir Arafat (INL)

Repowering Micro-Scale Coal Plants with Integrated Energy Systems: A Techno-Economic Assessment

Muhammad R. Abdussami (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)

Nuclear Operations and Maintenance: Cost and Staffing Modeling and Optimization

Isabel Naranjo De Candido (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)

Techno-Economic Analysis of a Nuclear Reactor System Coupled with a Liquid Metal Battery

Sam J. Root (INL), Amey Shigrekar (INL), Tyler L. Westover (INL)

Optimal Sizing Toolbox for Energy Generation and Storage for a Nuclear Hybrid Microgrid

Nathan Chandra (Purdue), Dimitri Kalinichenko (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Molly Ross (Purdue), Caleb Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)

Thermodynamic and Technoeconomic Optimization of Nuclear Integrated Desalination with Thermal Energy Storage

Elizabeth Keith (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael J. Wagner (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)

Design Considerations for Integrating Direct Air Capture with a Nuclear Power Plant

Iza Lantgios (Univ. Pittsburgh), Logan Williams (NCSU), Katherine Hornbostel (Univ. Pittsburgh)

Transporting Nuclear Heat by Barge to Commercial and Industrial Customers

Charles Forsberg (MIT)

Towards the Integration of Hydrogen Production with Nuclear with Model-Based Systems Engineering

Svetlana Lawrence (INL), Daniel R. Herber (Colorado State)

Integrated Model of a Floating Maritime Nuclear System for Ammonia Production

Hanna Won (MIT), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Charles Forsberg (MIT), Giulio Gennaro (Core Power), Ioannis Kourasis (Core Power), Rory Megginson (Core Power), John Parsons (MIT)

Sustainable Agriculture Powered by a Microreactor

Jake Marr (Purdue), T-Ying Lin (Purdue), Jay P. Gore (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)

Insights from Model-Based Systems Engineering Applications in the Nuclear Industry

Irfan Ibrahim (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Kevin Adams (Vanderbilt Univ.), Caleb Tomlin (EPRI)

Radiological Safety Lessons from the History of the Army Nuclear Power Program

Lars Jackson (Purdue), Broderick Sieh (Purdue), William Dunn (Kansas State), Amir Bahadori (Kansas State), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)

Operational Experience from the Army Nuclear Power Program

Lars Jackson (Purdue), Broderick Sieh (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)

A Survey of Proposed Standards and Regulations for Artificial Intelligence

Pedro Mena (Idaho State), Gunnar Babicz (Idaho State), Sindi Banda (Idaho State), Chris Spirito (INL), Leslie Kerby (Idaho State)

Current Irradiation Capabilities Within United States for Advanced Reactor Development

Braden Clayton (Brigham Young Univ.), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Misti Lillo (INL)

Expert Elicitation for Collection of Stakeholder Input for a Molten Salt Sampling System Design

Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steve Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Paul Marotta (Vanderbilt Univ.)

Community Engagement for Nuclear Energy Projects: Lessons from Participatory Design

Peter Wacnik (Univ. Michigan), Shanna Daly (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)

Nuclear Energy in Rural Alaska? Path Forward by Addressing Past Negative Events

Haruko M. Wainwright (MIT), Amandeep Singh (MIT), Adam Low (Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks), J. Ali Hanks (Univ. California, Berkeley), Brian Powell (Clemson Univ.), Richelle Johnson (Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks), Diane Hirshberg (Univ. Alaska, Anchorage), Gwen Holdmann (Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks)

Analysis of Heavy Water Reactor Reactivity Device with a Dyadic Assembly Monte Carlo Model

Frederick N. Gleicher (INL), Ryan Stewart (INL), Shaw Wen (INL), Samuel Bays (INL), Gustavo Reyes (INL)

The Method of Weight Adjustment for Negative Cross Sections Sampling in Monte Carlo

Zhaoyuan Liu (Qilu Univ. Technology), Jingang Liang (Tsinghua Univ.), Jiankai Yu (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT)

Improvement of the SCALE-6.3/XSProc Pointwise Slowing-Down Capability with the Bound Thermal Scattering Data Including High Forward Peaks

Kang Seog Kim (ORNL), Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL), Chris Chapman (ORNL), Jordan McDonnell (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)

Feasibility Study for Breakeven Molten Salt Fast Reactor Using the PWR Spent Nuclear Fuels

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

Preliminary Analysis of iDTMC-Implemented Predictor-Corrector Quasi-Static Monte-Carlo Simulation

Tae-suk Oh (KAIST), Inyup Kim (KAIST), Eunhyug Lee (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)

Latest Improvements to the Hyper-Fidelity Depletion Methodology for Pebble Bed Reactors

Yves Robert (Univ. California, Berkeley), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Modeling the HTR-10 at Start-Up and Equilibrium in OpenMC

Donald L. Doyle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Two-Batch Fuel Reshuffling Strategy for a Horizontal Compact High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor

Lorenzo Mazzocco (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)

Exploratory Analysis of Parametric Dependencies in Molten Salt Reactor Design Domains

James Passmore (TAMU), Dahvien Dean (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)

Initial Benchmark Comparisons of KENO-IV and MPACT for MSRR Criticality Evaluations

Kyle J. Luna (Univ. Texas, Austin), Benjamin Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Nicholas F. Herring (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Status of New Models Hosted on the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) in 2023

Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Emily Shemon (ANL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Samuel Walker (INL), Lise Charlot (INL), Mauricio Tano (INL), Jun Fang (ANL), April Novak (ANL), Zhiee Ooi (ANL), Nicholas Wozniak (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Ahmed Abdelhameed (ANL), Nicolas Stauff (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL)

Release on the Virtual Test Bed of a Coupled SAM-Pronghorn Model of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Using the Domain Overlapping Approach

Andres Nicolas Fierro Lopez (INL), Mauricio Tano (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL), Mustafa Jaradat (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Samuel A. Walker (INL), Jun Fang (ANL)

Release of a High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) Steady State Multiphysics Model to the Virtual Test Bed

Kylee Swanson (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL)

Modeling a Gas-Cooled Microreactor Balance of Plant for the Virtual Test Bed

Sixte de Boisset (INL), Lise Charlot (INL), Thomas Freyman (TAMU), Joshua Hansel (INL)

Simplifying the Advanced Test Reactor LOWE Element Test Series

Marc Harron (MPR Assoc.), Doug Hardtmayer (MPR Assoc.), Ryanne Kennedy (MPR Assoc.), Curtis Brown (MPR Assoc.)

Predicting Safety Rod Reactivity Insertion in the Advanced Test Reactor

John Tortorello (MPR Assoc.), Curt Brown (MPR Assoc.), Ryanne Kennedy (MPR Assoc.), Nathan Manwaring (INL), Derreck Blight (INL)

Transport Modeling of As-Run ATR Cycles for U‐10Mo Fuel Qualification Experiment

Paul E. Gilbreath (INL), Dong O. Choe (INL), Margaret A. Marshall (INL)

Increasing Experiment Gamma Flux to Support Advanced Test Reactor Conversion

Brandon Harroff (MPR Assoc.), Doug Hardtmayer (MPR Assoc.), Ryanne Kennedy (MPR Assoc.), Alex Dean (MPR Assoc.), James Burke (MPR Assoc.)

Local Power Impact Experiment Design for Low Enriched Uranium for use in the Advanced Test Reactor

Erin Dubas (MPR Assoc.), Ryanne Kennedy (MPR Assoc.), Douglas Hardtmayer (MPR Assoc.), Thomas Dabrow (MPR Assoc.), Andrew Maille (INL), Michael Reichenberger (INL)

Impact of Reload Fuel Composition Uncertainty on Waste-Burning Stable Salt Reactor Operation

Seungug Jae (Univ. Michigan), Puran Deng (Univ. Michigan), Won Sik Yang (Univ. Michigan), Thanh Hua (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL)

Feasibility of RFBBs with Silicide Fuel and Sodium Coolant

Odmaa Sambuu (National Univ. Mongolia), HoangVan Khanh (Phenikaa Univ.), Toru Obara (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Candidate Data for Validation of Calculations for Systems Using High-Assay Low-Enrichment Uranium Fuel

Mark D. DeHart (INL), John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Germina Ilas (ORNL)

Temperature Dependency of Multiplication Factor with Fuel Intrusion into Moderator in Serpent and SCALE

Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Vlad Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Noah Walton (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

INL's MARVEL and MACS Reactivity Control Systems

Anthony L. Crawford (INL), Richard S. Bondurant (Orano Federal Services), Benjamin Baker (INL), Travis Lange (INL), Andrew Heim (INL), Yasir Arafat (INL), Troy Unruh (INL)

The Accident Tolerant Fuels Neutronics Scoping Study (ATF-2Pert)

Tristen J. Rogers (INL), Travis J. Labossiere-Hickman (INL), Austin L. Carter (INL), Mehmet Turkmen (INL)

Limited Inventory Startup Core Loading for the NBSR

Osman Sahin Celikten (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Anil Gurgen (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Abdullah G. Weiss (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Dagistan Sahin (NIST Center for Neutron Research)

Application of the RPT Method for Use in Neutronics Analyses of the USNC MMR Core

Alec I. Mervis (MPR Assoc.), Thomas Dabrow (MPR Assoc.), Josh T. Jones (MPR Assoc.)

An Accurate SN Method for Solving Static Multigroup Neutron Transport Equations in Slab Geometry

Jilang Miao (Penn State), Miaomiao Jin (Penn State)

MISO: A Tool and Workflow for the Licensing of Small Modular Reactors

Nicholas Furukawa (MPR Assoc.), Alec Mervis (MPR Assoc.)

Spatially Resolved Thermochemistry with Chemical Species Tracking in Molten Salt Reactors

Samuel A. Walker (INL), Parikshit Bajpai (INL), Daniel Schwen (INL), Mauricio Tano (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)

CNRS Molten Salt Reactor Benchmark Analysis Using Griffin-Pronghorn Coupled Multi-Physics Code System

Namjae Choi (INL), Mustafa Jaradat (INL), Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL)

SAM Model of the HTTF in the Virtual Test Bed

Thanh Hua (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)

Natural Convection CFD Modeling of a Microreactor Air Jacket

Anshuman Chaube (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Caleb Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Recent and Upcoming Microreactor Models Submission in the VTB

Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Ahmed Abdelhameed (ANL), Nick Fassino (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Lander Ibarra (ANL), Daniel Nunez (ANL), Emily Shemon (ANL)

The 2023 Status Update on the LEU Conversion of the NBSR

Abdullah G. Weiss (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Osman S. Celikten (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Dagistan Sahin (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Anil Gurgen (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Thomas H. Newton (NIST Center for Neutron Research)

Status of Neutronic Model Improvements for the NBSR LEU Conversion -- BNL Support

Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Peter Kohut (Brookhaven), Athi Varuttamaseni (Brookhaven), Lap-Yan Cheng (Brookhaven), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven)

Nuclear Data Uncertainty -- Impact on Keff for the NBSR

Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Caroline Sears (Brookhaven), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven), Lap-Yan Cheng (Brookhaven), Peter Kohut (Brookhaven), Athi Varuttamaseni (Brookhaven)

Fuel Conversion Efforts at the High Flux Isotope Reactor -- A 2023 Status Update

C. Sizemore (ORNL), K. Burg (ORNL), D. Chandler (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), C.J. Hurt (ORNL), Z.A. Bacon (ORNL), K. Borowiec (ORNL), V.D. Fudurich (ORNL), P.K. Jain (ORNL), W. C. Lowe (ORNL), E.L. Popov (ORNL)

Establishing the Impact of HFIR LEU Conversion Through a Comprehensive Set of Reactor Physics Studies

D. Chandler (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), K.M. Burg (ORNL), C. Sizemore (ORNL)

Estimating the Molten Salt Flow Rate for the MSRE Isothermal Transient Benchmark Development

Mohamed Elhareef (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment

Kyoung O. Lee (ORNL), Robert K. Salko (ORNL), Matthew A. Jessee (ORNL), Shane Henderson (ORNL), Dave J. Kropaczek (ORNL), Zachary D. Bevans (ORNL)

Parameters of Neutron Diffusion Equation for Temperature Effect of MSRE

Kyoung O. Lee (ORNL), Zachary D. Bevans (ORNL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Matthew A. Jessee (ORNL), Dave J. Kropaczek (ORNL)

Modeling The DLOFC Accident Scenario of HTR-PM Equilibrium Core Using NEAMS Tools

Mustafa Jaradat (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL), Joshua Hanophy (INL), Javier Ortensi (INL)

Multiphysics Analysis of the MSRE Experiment Using Griffin-SAM Coupled Code System

Mustafa Jaradat (INL), Javier Ortensi (INL), Gang Yang (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL)

PWR Minor Actinide Proliferation Resistant Fuel in Once-Through Fuel Cycle Performance Assessment

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

Optimization of Burnable Poison Pattern Design in a Westinghouse Fuel Lattice

Oluwaseun Fetuata (TAMU, Kingsville), Xue Yang (TAMU, Kingsville)

Preliminary Comparison of Depletion and Fuel Management Software for the MIT Research Reactor

Maurane Garanzini (MIT), Kyle Anderson (ANL), Valerio Mascolino (ANL), Lin-wen Hu (MIT), Erik Wilson (ANL)

Failure Analysis of TRISO Fuel in a Heat Pipe Microreactor

Nicholas J. Fassino (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL)

MCNP6.2-Computed Dose Conversion Coefficients in ICRP 145 Mesh-Type Phantoms from Publicly-Released Simulated Nuclear Weapon Spectra

Stephen R. McHale (U.S. Naval Academy), Sean P. O'Dowd (U.S. Naval Academy)

Preliminary Radiation Shielding and Waste Assessment Study of High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor

Anna Kudriavtseva (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)

Gamma and Neutron Shielding Characterization of Novel Geopolymer Materials

Jianxin Zhou (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Alexander Fields (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Markus Tam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ali Ozer (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Waltraud M. Kriven (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Angela Di Fulvio (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

MCNP6.3 Electron Energy Deposition Validation with the Lockwood Experiments

Joel A. Kulesza (LANL)

Comparison of Measured and Calculated Dose Rates for Ring Injection Dump Exchange at Spallation Neutron Source

I. I. Popova (ORNL), F.X. Gallmeier (ORNL), C. Elam (ORNL), R. Schultz (ORNL)

Advanced Variance Reduction Application for Boiling Water Reactor Dose Analysis

Marc Harron (MPR Assoc.), Ryanne A. Kennedy (MPR Assoc.), Andrew Cooper (Silver Fir Software)

Accuracy of the Standard Deviation Estimated with Correlated Sampling Using Batch Statistics

Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL), Michael Squire (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)

Neutronics Models for Evaluating Shielding in the SPARC Fusion Facility

Joshua T. Jones (MPR Assoc.), James M. Burke (MPR Assoc.), Andrew Cooper (Silver Fir Software), Andrea A. Saltos (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Ryanne Kennedy (MPR Assoc.)

VERA Extensions for Advanced LWR Excore Radiation Transport Applications

Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Micah Best (TAMU)

Implementation of a High-Fidelity Interface Resolving Method in Nek5000

Donna P. Guillen (INL), Nadish Saini (ANL), Dillon R. Shaver (ANL)

Computational Fluid Dynamics Heat Transfer Sensitivity Analysis for Hollow Wire Wrap Capillaries Instrumented with Optical Fiber Temperature Sensors

Stefan Vietz (Oregon State), Guillaume Mignot (Oregon State), Trevor Kent Howard (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State)

Flow Analysis Through a Packed Bed with Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes Equations (URANS)

David Lanade (TAMU), Octavio Bovati (TAMU), Yassin Hassan (TAMU)

Modeling and Validation of Two-Phase Boiling Flow and Critical Heat Flux with the STAR-CCM+ CFD Code

Prasad Vegendla (ANL), Adrian Tentner (ANL)

RANS Simulation of a Porous Blockage in a 61-Pin Wire-Wrapped Bundle

Octavio Bovati (TAMU), Yassin Hassan (TAMU)

Comparison of RANS and LES Simulations of a Gas-Cooled Pebble Bed with 1568 Pebbles

Dezhi Dai (ANL), Prasad Vegendla (ANL), Haomin Yuan (ANL), John Acierno (ANL), Adrian Tentner (ANL)

Accelerated Prediction of Loss-of-Component-Cooling-Water (LOCCW) Accident Progression

Semin Joo (KAIST), Yeonha Lee (KAIST), Seok Ho Song (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)

A Comprehensive Uncertainty Quantification Study of the Conventional and Machine Learning Based CHF Models

Congshan Mao (Univ. Missouri), Yue Jin (Univ. Missouri)

Estimating Field Variables from Limited Measurements Using Spectral Theory Projection Methods

John Matulis (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)

Two Phase Boiling in a Reactor Cavity Cooling System Under Throttling Conditions

Matthew J. Jasica (ANL), Qiuping Lv (ANL), Darius D. Lisowski (ANL)

Identifying Important Parameters Affecting Fuel Dispersion and Relocation Phenomena Under Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA) Conditions

Sade Danielle Campos (Oregon State), Trevor Kent Howard (Oregon State), Stephen Yamasaki (Oregon State), Guillaume Mignot (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State), Gordon Wissinger (Framatome), Lisa Gerken (Framatome)

Experimental Investigation of Shell Side Flow Around Twisted Tubes Using Positron Emission Particle Tracking for CFD Validation

Connor Donlan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), A. Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), C. Wiggins (ORNL), S. Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Direct Numerical Simulation of a Molten Salt Natural Circulation Loop Using the Spectral Element Method

Tri Nguyen (Penn State), John Barton (Penn State), Casey Emler (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)

Simulation of Two-Phase Instabilities in Helical Coiled Steam Generator Using MARS-KS

Seunghwan Oh (KAIST), Doh Hyeon Kim (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)

Molten Salt Cask Design Using MOOSE Framework for High-Temperature Irradiation Experiment

Erik Hisahara (Penn State), Berke Yesilada (Penn State), Mahmoud Eltawila (Penn State), William Walters (Penn State), Amanda Johnsen (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State)

Numerical Analysis of Novel Plate Type Heat Exchanger with Oval-Twisted Channels

Kyle Schroeder (Idaho State), Scott Wahlquist (Idaho State), Amir Ali (Idaho State), Ahmed Hamed (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)

Thermal Limits of Standard Vacuum Viewports for Plasma Devices

Justin Weinmeister (ORNL), Drew Elliott (ORNL)

Solar Salt and Sodium Interaction Studies

James A. Schneider (TerraPower), Rob Corbin (TerraPower), Pyoungchung Kim (TerraPower), Daniel Eichel (TerraPower)

Flow Regime Identification Using Local Conductivity Measurements and Neural Networks

Charie Tsoukalas (Purdue), Yang Zhao (Purdue), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue)

Feasibility Test of Fiber Optic Temperature Sensors in Sodium Heat Pipes

Chris Balbier (Penn State), Nathan Smith (Penn State), Hojong Kim (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State)

Design Exploration of a Cold-Spray Additive Manufactured Pin-Fin Heat Sinks for Heat Pipe for Microreactors

Marcus Braatz (Penn State), Erik Hisahara (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State)

Sensitivity Study on the Fin Effect of Thermocouple Mounted on the Heated Surface Under Film Boiling Conditions

Seokbin Seo (INL), Charles P. Folsom (INL), Colby B. Jensen (INL), Robert J. Armstrong (INL)

Air Thermal Hydraulics Analysis in a Horizontal Dual Channel Plenum-To-Plenum Facility Representing Micronuclear Reactors

Zeyad Zeitoun (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Andrew Lazarski (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Ahmed Jasim (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)

Fabrication of Surrogate Rupture Rods for the Replication of Fuel Pin Failure in Liquid Metal Fast Reactors

Nicholas Gallagher (Oregon State), Guillaume Mignot (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State)

Effect of Initial Temperature on Quench Behavior of Cr-Coated Zr-Alloy Cladding

Cole Dunbar (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Nicolas Fox (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Thomas Demo (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Benjamin Maier (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Robert Armstrong (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Kumar Sridharan (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Hwasung Yeom (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology)

Numerical Study on Effect of Thermal Bowing on Peak Cladding Temperature of MARVEL Microreactor

SuJong Yoon (INL), Casey J. Jesse (INL), Carlo Parisi (INL), Yasir Arafat (INL)

GAMMA+ Analysis of Turbulent Natural Convection in a Cavity Using k-e Model

Seung Hyun Yoon (KAERI), Nam-il Tak (KAERI), Hong Sik Lim (KAERI)

An Explicit Numerical Study of Flow Through Bypass Gaps and Channel in a Pebble Bed Core

Haomin Yuan (ANL), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Dezhi Dai (ANL), Tri Nyugen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Brian Jackson (Kairos Power), Nate Salpeter (Kairos Power), Ka-Yen Yau (Kairos Power), Giacomo Busco (Kairos Power)

Sensitivity Analysis for the Validation of 3D Thermal Hydraulics and FEM-Based Nuclear Fuel Performance Coupled Code with ICARUS Experiment

Seung-Jun Lee (KAERI), Ik Kyu Park (KAERI), Sung Uk Lee (KAERI), Hyo Chan Kim (KAERI)

Heat Transfer Model of Liquid Sodium Purification and Diagnostic System for Advanced Reactor Control Applications

Rita Appiah (Purdue), Alexander Heifetz (ANL), Derek Kultgen (ANL), Lefteri Tsoukalas (Purdue), Richard Vilim (ANL)

Evaluation of Thermal Conductivity of Chamfer Cylinders in a Pebble Bed Mesh

Dezhi Dai (ANL), Haomin Yuan (ANL), Prasad Vegendla (ANL), Adrian Tentner (ANL)

Latest Developments in the MOOSE Fluid Properties Module

Guillaume L. Giudicelli (INL), Benjamin Spaude (INL), Steven Isaacs (INL), Alexander Lindsay (INL)

CANDU Fuel Channel Modeling in CTF Within the OECD-NEA Blind Benchmark on CANDU Thermal-Hydraulics

Daria Bolgova (NCSU), Agustin Abarca (NCSU), Xu Wu (NCSU), Maria Avramova (NCSU)

Pre-Test Simulation in Support of a Deformed Rod Bundle Experiment

F. Roelofs (NRG), P. Baas (NRG), H. Uitslag-Doolaard (NRG), M. Daubner (KIT), K. Litfin (KIT)

Overview of State-of-the-Art Experimental Facilities for Westinghouse LFR

Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Cory A. Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Karina Assis (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Megan E. Durse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Asfaq Patel (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jeff Arndt (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Richard F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paul Barnes (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fabio Martini (Westinghouse Electric Co.), James Holden (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Sung Jin Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), Mike Epstein (Fauske & Assoc.)

Experimental Determination of Radionuclide Retention in Gen. IV Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors

Lukas Metzger (Virginia Tech), Jinsuo Zhang (Virginia Tech)

Development of Flow-Induced Vibration Experiment on ALFRED Fuel Assembly Mock-Up

Ivan Di Piazza (ENEA Brasimone), Daniele Martelli (ENEA Brasimone), Giorgio Mongiardini (Univ. di Roma La Sapienza), Mariano Tarantino (ENEA Brasimone), Massimo Valdiserri (ENEA Brasimone), Stefano Cati (ENEA Brasimone)

Modeling of Prismatic High Temperature Reactors in Pronghorn

Vasileios Kyriakopoulos (INL), Mauricio Tano (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL)

Simulation of a Postulated Severe Assembly Blockage Accident in a Sodium Fast Reactor with the SAS4A/SASSYS-1 Safety Analysis Code

Adrian Tentner (ANL), Taeil Kim (ANL)

CFD Study of Two-Phase Flow in Helical Tube Steam Generator

Doh Hyeon Kim (KAIST), Seunghwan Oh (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)

Simulations of Online Refueling Transients in a Generic Stable Salt Reactor

Thanh Hua (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Luke Godfrey (Moltex Energy), Tom Taylor (Moltex Energy)

Influence of Containment Design Parameters on Analysis of Depressurized Loss of Forced Cooling of Gas-Cooled Fast Modular Reactor Using MELCOR Code

WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), SeungKyo Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Cole Dunbar (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)

Modeling of Corrosion in Lead Fast Reactor Using SAM

Thanh Hua (ANL), Travis Mui (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

Influence of Proton Irradiation on Corrosion in Liquid Lead

Weiyue Zhou (MIT), Wande Cairang (MIT), Paola Amadeo (MIT), Kevin B. Woller (MIT), Michael P. Short (MIT)

Design of a 200 kW Liquid LBE Windowless Target for Neutron Source Development

Ran Kong (Niowave), Jee Hyun Seong (LANL), Terry Grimm (Niowave), Robert Wahlen (Niowave), Bhavini Singh (LANL), Keith Woloshun (LANL)

Scaling of Heat Transfer Deterioration Resulting from Fission Gas Ejection in Surrogate Fluids for Liquid Metal Fast Reactors

Sophia R.S. Jones (Oregon State), Qiao Wu (Oregon State), Trevor K. Howard (Oregon State), Guillaume Mignot (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State)