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Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page iii
Meeting Officials, National Program Committee
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Contents
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Cross-Reference of Divisions with Tracks
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Author Index
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ANS Plenary Session: The Next 50 Years: Creating Opportunities
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Track 1: The Next 50 Years: Creating Opportunities
General Chair's Special Session: Advanced Fuel Cycles Beyond Yucca Mountain
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Track 1: The Next 50 Years: Creating Opportunities
ANS President's Special Session: Manpower for the Nuclear Industry ... A Continuing Need
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Track 1: The Next 50 Years: Creating Opportunities
"4S" Liquid-Metal Reactor for Galena, Alaska-Panel
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Track 2: Symposium: Building the Next Nuclear Plants
Nuclear Power 2010 Status-Panel
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Track 2: Symposium: Building the Next Nuclear Plants
Building the Next Nuclear Plants
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Track 2: Symposium: Building the Next Nuclear Plants
Minimizing Development Risk for the AREVA HTR Concept
Lewis Lommers, Michel Lecomte (Framatome ANP)
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Track 2: Symposium: Building the Next Nuclear Plants
Development of a Nuclear Fuel Cycle Transparency Framework
Tracia West Love, Gary Rochau, David York (SNL)
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Track 2: Symposium: Building the Next Nuclear Plants
Modeling Nuclear Energy Market Penetration in the U.S. Energy Sector
A. M. Yacout, G. Conzelmann, V. Koritarov, L. Van Den Durpel (ANL)
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Track 2: Symposium: Building the Next Nuclear Plants
Alternatives for Power Generation and Potable Water Production in the Southern Regions of Morocco
O. K. Bouhelal (Natl School of Mineral Industry), D. Zejli (Natl Centre for Scientific and Tech Research)
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Track 2: Symposium: Building the Next Nuclear Plants
Nuclear Reactors Sited Deep Underground in Steel Containment Vessels
Robert F. Bourque (LANL)
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Track 2: Symposium: Building the Next Nuclear Plants
John Redding (Arcturus Energy Consulting), Charles Holland (TIACT), Robert Graber, Tom Retson (EnergyPath)
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Track 2: Symposium: Building the Next Nuclear Plants | A New Business Model for Nuclear Power Projects
Radiation Protection and Shielding: General
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Dose Rate Evaluation for Spent Fuel Aging Areas at Yucca Mountain
Georgeta Radulescu, Shiaw-Der Su (Yucca Mtn Proj)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Repository Waste Package Transporter Shielding Weight Optimization
Charlotta E. Sanders, Shiaw-Der Su (Yucca Mtn Proj)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
ORIGEN-S Gamma Decay Spectra Characterization and Benchmarking
J. J. Klingensmith (Penn State), I. C. Gauld (ORNL)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Reduction of -Particle Transmission Using Emulsions
Charles A. Sparrow, Donna M. Rogers (Mississippi State Univ), Victor F. Medina (U.S. Army Corps of Eng)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
A New Perspective on Angular Buildup Factors for Photons
H. Omar Wooten, Donald J. Dudziak, Drew E. Kornreich (LANL), Nolan E. Hertel (Georgia Tech)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Current Topics for Reactor Engineers-Panel
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Robotics and Remote Systems Research and Development at U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories: Current and Future Directions-Panel
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Management of Materials Degradation in Current Light Water Reactor Fleet-Panel
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Robotics Research: The U.S. Department of Energy University Research Program in Robotics (URPR)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Simulation-Based System Realization for Semiautonomous Tasks in Hazardous Environments
J. E. Wood, R. Lumia, G. P. Starr (Univ of New Mexico)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Metrology Methodologies for High Precision DOE Applications
Mitch Pryor, Seong-Ho Kang, Delbert Tesar (Univ of Texas, Austin)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
The OmniTread Serpentine Robot for Radiation Surveillance
Johann Borenstein, Malik G. Hansen (Univ of Michigan), Grzegorz Granosik (Tech Univ of Lodz)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Sensitivity of a Force Measurement Scheme Implemented Via a Parallel Kinematic Machine
Shannon C. Ridgeway, Carl D. Crane III (Univ of Florida)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Hybrid Self Localization for a Mobile Robotic Platform for Indoor and Outdoor Environments
Brad Grinstead, Andreas Koschan, Mongi A. Abidi (Univ of Tennessee)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Intelligent 3D Sensing for Robotic Inspection of Hazardous Facilities
Sreenivas Sukumar, David Page, Andrei Gribok, Andreas Koschan, Mongi Abidi (Univ of Tennessee)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Hot Topics in Reactor Licensing: New Engineering Inspection Process-Panel
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Proactive Management of Materials Degradation in Generation IV Reactors-Panel
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Instrumentation and Control: Lessons Learned - I
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
The Ringhals I&C System Modernisation: Some Lessons Learned
Martin Forsberg (Ringhals AB)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Implementation of a SPINLINE 3 Diverse Safety System at IGNALINA NPP
Claude Esmenjaud, Dominique Moulin, Andrew Rounding (Data Sys & Sol)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Development of PMAS and Its Application Experiences
S. M. Baek, S. C. Jeong, J. K. Lee, Y. C. Shin, H. B. Kim (KOPEC)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Planning for and Integrating Lessons Learned into Digital Upgrades to Nuclear Power Plants
William Kurth (Exelon Nucl Gen)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Instrumentation and Control: Lessons Learned - II
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Development of Integrated Monitoring System for Flow Accelerated Corrosion
Na Young Lee, Seung Gi Lee, Kyung Ha Ryu, Il Soon Hwang (Seoul Natl Univ), Jung Taek Kim (KAERI), Vincent K. Luk (SNL)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Equipment Early Fault Detection, Diagnostics, and Prognostics: Building on On-Line Monitoring Experience
Joseph Naser, Ramesh Shankar (EPRI)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Optimizing Plant Operation with First-Principles Prognostics
Leonard J. Bond (INL, PNNL), Don B. Jarrell, Fred L. Leverenz (PNNL)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Visual Collaborative Environment for Advanced Integration in Nuclear Power Plant Management
Radu Tutos (KLARO Sys)
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Impact of Workforce Reduction on Utility Operations Effectiveness-Panel
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Track 3: Technology and Management of Current Plant Assets
Hydrogen Production Using Nuclear Energy - I
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Stability and Applicability of Inorganic Membranes for Use in the Production of Hydrogen Using Nuclear Energy
Brian L. Bischoff, Dane F. Wilson, Lee D. Trowbridge (ORNL)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Thermal-Fluid and Electrochemical Modeling and Performance Study of a Planar Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell
Bilge Yildiz, Tanju Sofu (ANL)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Nuclear Generated Electricity for Hybrid-Electric Vehicles
Robert E. Uhrig (Univ of Tennessee)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Use of Hydrogen Plasma for Storing Hydrogen in Nanophase Diamond Powder
Zach Houston, Tushar K. Ghosh, Mark A. Prelas (Univ of Missouri, Columbia)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Hydrogen Storage in Nanosize Diamond Powder-Surface Modified by NaF
David Leal Escalante, Angel Velez, Mark A. Prelas, Tushar K. Ghosh (Univ of Missouri, Columbia)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Multiple Application Potential of Generation IV Modular Helium Reactors Provide Compelling Reasons for Deployment
M. LaBar, A. Shenoy (General Atomics), E. Quinn (Technol Res)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Hydrogen Production Using Nuclear Energy - II
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Hydrogen Production by the Iodine-Sulphur Thermochemical Cycles: Partial Pressure Measurements
Denis Doizi, Vincent Dauvois, Vincent Delanne, Jean Luc Roujou, Bruno Larousse, Olivier Hercher, Pierre Fauvet, Christophe Moulin (CEA, Saclay)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Viability and Efficiency Calculations for the Hybrid Cu-Cl Thermochemical Cycle
Michele A. Lewis, Joseph G. Masin (ANL)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Zero Carbon Dioxide Release Hydrogen System Using Nuclear Powers
Yukitaka Kato, Ken-ichiro Otsuka, Chun Yi Liu (Tokyo Inst of Technol)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 100
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Conceptual Design for a Hybrid Sulfur Thermochemical Hydrogen Production Process
Maximilian B. Gorensek, William A. Summers, Melvin R. Buckner, Zafar H. Qureshi (SRNL)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Interfacing the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor and the Westinghouse Sulfur Process
Lauren Paoletti, John Goossen, Edward J. Lahoda, Regis Matzie, Keith D. Task (Westinghouse)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Conceptual Design of an MHR Plant Used to Produce Hydrogen
Matt Richards, Arkal Shenoy (General Atomics), Ed Harvego (INL)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Hydrogen Production Using Nuclear Energy - III-Papers/Panel
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Plant Definition and Economic Analysis for Centralized Nuclear Hydrogen Production
William A. Summers, Melvin R. Buckner, Maximilian B. Gorensek, Edward T. Danko (SRNL)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Blending Real Wind with Nuclear to Market Hydrogen and Electricity
A. I. Miller, Romney B. Duffey (AECL)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Progress in High-Temperature Electrolysis for the Production of Hydrogen
Carl M. Stoots, James E. O'Brien, J. Stephen Herring (INL)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Panel Discussion
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Materials for Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Corrosion and SCC of Ferritic-Martensitic Steels in Supercritical Water
Pantip Ampornrat, Gaurav Gupta, Gary S. Was (Univ of Michigan)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Corrosion of Ferritic-Martensitic Steel HT9 in Supercritical Water
Xiaowei Ren, Ling Zheng, Kumar Sridharan, Todd Allen (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Long Term Corrosion Performance of Alloys in Supercritical Water
A. J. Zillmer, J. R. Licht, K. Sridharan, T. R. Allen, M. L. Corradini (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Corrosion of Surface Modified Alloys in Supercritical Water
K. Sridharan, J. A. King, S. P. Harrington, A. K. Johnson, M. H. Anderson, T. R. Allen (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 123-124
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Radiation Chemical Yields of Water in Neutron and Gamma Radiation
Eric Edwards (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison), David Bartels (Notre Dame Radiation Lab), Luke Olson, Paul P. H. Wilson, Mark Anderson, Paul W. Humrickhouse (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Effect of Temperature Excursions on Void Swelling Behavior of Fe-Cr-Ni Alloys Irradiated with HVEM
H. Matsui, H. Satoh, S. Abe (Tohoku Univ), I. Yamagata (JNC)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Coolant Compatibility in Lead-Alloy-Cooled Systems
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Corrosion of Candidate Materials for Lead-Cooled Reactors
McLean Machut, Kumar Sridharan, Todd Allen (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 131-132
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Corrosion Resistant Alloy Development for Pb-Bi Eutectic Service
J. Lim, R. G. Ballinger, P. W. Stahle (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 133-136
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Improved Applications of a Kinetic Corrosion Model in Non-Isothermal Loop/Pipe Systems
Huajun Chen, Yitung Chen (UNLV), Jinsuo Zhang (LANL), Hsuan-Tsung Hsieh (UNLV)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 137-138
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Oxide-Layer Growth Model of Steels in Liquid Lead-Alloy Systems
Jinsuo Zhang, Ning Li (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 139-141
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Polonium Release Experiment in Direct Contact of Lead-Bismuth Eutectic with Water
Toru Obara, Terumitsu Miura, Hiroshi Sekimoto (Tokyo Inst of Technol)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 142-143
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Design and Construction of Pb-Bi Loop: HELIOS
Seungho Jeong, Chi Bum Bahn, Seung Hee Chang, Il Soon Hwang (Seoul Natl Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 144-145
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Impact of Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure and Education (INIE) on Research Reactors - I
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 147
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Optimization of Beam Port Facility at PSBR
Fatih Alim, Baris Sarikaya, Kostadin Ivanov, Kenan Ünlü, Jack Brenizer, Yousry Azmy (Penn State)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 149-150
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
TORT Modelling of the Beam Port Facility of PSBR and Comparison with MCNP
Kürsat B. Bekar, Yousry Y. Azmy, Kenan Ünlü (Penn State)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 151-153
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Reactor Design Efforts at UIUC
Jianwei Hu, F. E. Teruel, Rizwan-uddin (Univ of Illinois)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 154-156
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Enhancing Radiography Facilities at the UMLRR
Mark Tries, John J. Antal, Thomas Regan (Univ of Massachusetts Lowell)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 157-158
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Development of a Neutron Radiography Facility at the Oregon State TRIGA® Reactor
Steven R. Reese, Stephen E. Binney, Todd S. Palmer, S. Todd Keller, Steven P. Smith, Gary M. Wachs (Oregon State Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 159-160
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Gamma Shield Design for the Supercritical Water Neutron Radiolysis Experiment
Paul W. Humrickhouse, Paul P. H. Wilson, Eric Edwards, Mark Anderson (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison), David Bartels (Notre Dame Radiation Lab)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 161-162
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Impact of Innovations in Nuclear Infrastructure and Education (INIE) on Research Reactors - II
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
A Preview of Research Projects at the NC State University PULSTAR Reactor
A. I. Hawari (NCSU)
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Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Impact of INIE on the MIT, RINSC, and UMass-Lowell Reactors
John A. Bernard, Lin-Wen Hu (MIT), Terry Tehan (RINSC), Mark Tries (Univ of Massachusetts Lowell)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 167-169
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Neutron Cooling Systems
M. Habte, S. Yavuzkurt, K. Ünlü (Penn State)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 170-172
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
The Upgrade of the TRIAX Spectrometer at the Missouri Research Reactor
Wouter Montfrooij, Douglas D. Charlton (Univ of Missouri, Columbia), Jerel Zarestky (Iowa State Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 173
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Instrumentation for Neutron Scattering at the Missouri University Research Reactor
Paul F. Miceli, Wouter Montfrooij, Haskell Taub, Keary Schoen, David L. Worcester, R. Andy Winholtz (Univ of Missouri, Columbia)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 174
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Delayed-Neutron Activation Analysis for Measurement of Trace Fissionables
Richard M. Lindstrom, George P. Lamaze, Jeffrey B. Ziegler, John K. Langland, R. Gregory Downing (NIST)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 175
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Quantifying and Integrating Performance Measures for Advanced Fuel Cycles
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 177
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Enhanced Thermal Conductivity Oxide or ECO Fuels
J. Fourcade, K. H. Sarma, S. G. Lee, A. A. Solomon (Purdue Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 179-180
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Repository Environmental Impact of HLW from Na-Cooled FBR
Joonhong Ahn (Univ of California, Berkeley), Tetsuo Ikegami (JNC)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 181-182
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
An Integrative Repository Impact Assessment Model for Fuel Cycle Comparisons
Jun Li, Man-Sung Yim, David McNelis (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 183-184
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Impact of Partitioning, Transmutation and Waste Reduction Technologies on the Final Nuclear Waste Disposal
Waclaw Gudowski (KTH), Reinhard Odoj (FZJ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 185-186
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Sensitivity of Fuel Cycle Performance Metrics to Perturbations in Cross Sections
Erich A. Schneider, Charles G. Bathke (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 187-188
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Depleted Uranium Disposition Option: Beneficial Disposal in a High-Level-Waste Geologic Repository
M. Jonathan Haire (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 189-190
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Safety Improvements in Designs of Advanced Reactors
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 191
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
The Design Verification of the Advanced Design Features in APR1400
Han-Gon Kim, Seung-Jong Oh, Kee-Cheol Park (KHNP)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 193-194
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
EPR: Designed to Meet International Safety Standards with Significant Margin
Stephen Mazurkiewicz, Joerg Brauns, Joerg Blombach (Framatome ANP)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 195-196
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
EPR: Bringing a Proven International Technology to the United States Market
Stephen M. Mazurkiewicz, John R. Concklin (Framatome ANP)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 197-198
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
EPR Design Features to Mitigate Severe Accident Challenges
Stephen M. Mazurkiewicz, Manfred Fischer, Dietmar Bittermann (Framatome ANP)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 199-200
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
EPR: Advanced Structural Design Features for a Defense in Depth
Todd Oswald, Calvin Wong (Framatome ANP)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 201-202
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Passive Safety of the 600 MWe Korean Advanced Liquid Metal-Cooled Reactor
Hae-Yong Jeong, Young-Min Kwon, Won-Pyo Chang, Yong-Bum Lee (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 203-204
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Uncertainty Assessment of Gas-Cooled Fast Reactors
G. Aliberti, G. Palmiotti, M. Salvatores (ANL), J. C. Bosq, J. Tommasi (CEA, Cadarache)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 205-208
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Thermal Hydraulics of Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 209
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
An Advanced Vented Fuel Assembly Design for GFR Applications
M. A. Pope, P. J. Yarsky, M. J. Driscoll, P. Hejzlar, P. Saha (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 211-214
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Assessment of a Molecular Diffusion Model in MELCOR
Richard L. Moore, Chang H. Oh (INEEL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 215-216
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Supercritical Water Heat Transfer
Mark H. Anderson, Jeremy Licht, Kyoung Woo Seo (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 217-218
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Experimental Loop Design for Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle
Myoung Sung Sohn, Yong Hwan Yoo, Kune Y. Suh (Seoul Natl Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 219-220
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Key Thermal Fluid Phenomena in Prismatic Gas-Cooled Reactors
Donald M. McEligot, Glenn E. McCreery, Paul D. Bayless, Theron D. Marshall (INEEL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 221-222
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Temperature Effect on Heated Region Flow Starvation for Gas-Cooled Reactors
Piyush Sabharwall (Idaho State Univ), Theron Marshall, Kevan Weaver (INL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 223-224
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Pseudo Material Construct for Coupled Neutronic-Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of VHTGR
Jeremy L. Conlin, Wei Ji, John C. Lee, William R. Martin (Univ of Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 225-227
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Proliferation-Resistant Fuel Cycles-Panel
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 228
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems Research and Development - I
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 229
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Brayton Power Cycles and High-Temperature Salt-Cooled Reactors
Charles W. Forsberg (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 231-233
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Shut-Down and Restart Simulation of CANDLE Fast Reactors
Hiroshi Sekimoto, Yutaka Udagawa (Tokyo Inst of Technol)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 234-235
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Explicit Modeling of Particle Fuel for the Very-High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor
Wei Ji, Jeremy L. Conlin, William R. Martin, John C. Lee (Univ of Michigan), Forrest B. Brown (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 236-238
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Reactivity Potential of Annular VHTGR Cores
Yonghee Kim, Jae Man Noh, Won Seok Park (KAERI), Beomseok Han (Seoul Natl Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 239-240
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Conceptual Design of Advanced Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor KALIMER-600
Dohee Hahn, Yeong-Il Kim, Seong-O Kim, Jae-Han Lee, Yong-Bum Lee (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 241-242
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Utilization of New Coolants in a Multi-Functional Reactor
Sümer Sahin (Gazi Univ), Mustafa Übeyli (TOBB Univ of Economics and Technol)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 243-244
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
A Survey of Uranium Supply Curve Estimates
Erich A. Schneider (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 245-246
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems Research and Development - II
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 247
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Fuels and Materials Testing Capability for Next Generation Reactors: A Review
William F. Skerjanc, Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar (Idaho State Univ), Wayne D. Ridgway, Ali S. Siahpush (INL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 249-251
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Comparison of Neutron Yield Characteristics between Proton Accelerator and Electron Accelerator for Waste Transmutation
Yaxi Liu, Man-Sung Yim, David McNelis (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 252-254
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
PEACER Fuel Rod Creep Modeling on Solver-Interfaced 3D CAD System
Won Chang Nam, Hyong Won Lee, Il Soon Hwang (Seoul Natl Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 255-256
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Surface Alloying of Boron into Zirconium-Alloy Fuel Cladding Material
K. Sridharan (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison), T. J. Renk (SNL), A. K. Johnson, S. P. Harrington (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison), E. J. Lahoda (Westinghouse), P. P. Provencio (SNL), M. L. Corradini (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 257-258
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Yalina Subcritical Assembly - Neutron Kinetic Analysis and Reactivity Determination
Carl-Magnus Persson (KTH), Sergey Chigrinov, Hanna Kiyavitskaya (Natl Acad of Sciences of Belarus), Alexandra Åhlander (KTH), Thomas Stummer (Vienna Univ of Technol), Per Seltborg, Waclaw Gudowski (KTH)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 259-260
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Computational Tool for Nuclear Data Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Propagation in NESTLE
William A. Wieselquist (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 261-263
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Fissile Fuel Breeding in ARIES-RS Fusion Reactor
Sümer Sahin (Gazi Univ), Mustafa Übeyli (TOBB Univ of Economics and Technol), Adem Acir (Gazi Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 264-265
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Proliferation, Transmutation, and Radiation Aspects of Recycle Options
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 267
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Transmutation of Transuranic Waste Recycled in Light Water Reactors
K. S. Allen, E. P. Naessens (U.S. Military Acad)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 269-270
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Use of Transuranics as Burnable Absorbers in Light Water Reactors
E. P. Naessens, K. S. Allen, B. E. Moretti (U.S. Military Acad)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 271-273
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Limited Self-Protection Benefits from Recycling Unseparated Transuranics and Lanthanides
Jungmin Kang (Seoul Natl Univ), Frank von Hippel (Princeton Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 274-275
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Assessment of Proliferation Resistance of Nuclear Reactors Using Fuzzy Logic Based Barrier Method
J. Li, M. S. Yim, D. McNelis (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 276-277
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
The Advantage of Fusion Sources for Nuclear Waste Transmutation
B. B. Cipiti (SNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 278-279
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Radiation Source Term Calculation of CANDU Fuels
Hangbok Choi, Ho Jin Ryu, Chang Je Park (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 280-281
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Proliferation Resistance Metrics for Separated Streams of Reactor-Grade Transuranics
John A. Stillman (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 282-283
Track 4: New Plant Development, Applications, and Environmental Issues
Scientific Basis for Transportation and Storage of Actinide Materials
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 287
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Establishing the Safety Basis for the Long-Term Storage of ²³³U and ²³⁷Np Oxides
Alan S. Icenhour, L. Mac Toth, Ron R. Brunson, Robert M. Wham (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 289-290
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Hydrogen Gas Evolution from Water Adsorbed onto Pure Plutonium Dioxide Powder
D. Kirk Veirs (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 291-292
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Gas Generation from Impure Plutonium Dioxide Materials
Laura Worl (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 293-294
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Post-Stabilization TGA-FTIR Analysis of Impure Plutonium Oxides at Rocky Flats
John M. Berg, Mark S. Brugh (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 295-296
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Thermal Profile within a 3013 Storage Container Filled with Fine Plutonium Dioxide Powder
Patricia A. Bielenberg (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 297-298
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Pilot-Scale Hydrogen Getter Testing for TRU Waste Transportation
Jonathan M. Duffey, Ronald R. Livingston (SRNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 299-300
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Alternative Stabilization Methods for Packaging Plutonium-Bearing Materials
Ronald R. Livingston, Jonathan M. Duffey, Benjamin C. Hill, Arthur Jurgensen, Ann E. Visser (SRNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 301
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Decommissioning, Decontamination, and Reutilization Current Topics-Papers/Panel
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 303
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Improving the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Decommissioning Program
Robert L. Johnson, Dominick Orlando, Daniel Gillen, James Shepherd (NRC)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 305-306
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Review of Fire Response Procedures for Defense Nuclear Facilities in Transition to Decommissioning or in Decommissioning
Herbert W. Massie, Jr., Charles J. March (DNFSB)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 307-308
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Decommissioning the Next Generation of Nuclear Plants
Steve Redeker, John Newey, Dennis Gardiner (SMUD)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 309-310
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Panel Discussion
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 311
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Spent Nuclear Fuel: Storage, Direct Disposal, and Recycle
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 313
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
HTR Spent Fuel and Waste Management Options
W. J. Szymczak, J. K. McCoy (Framatome ANP)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 315-316
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Effects of the TRISO Particles Kernel Radius on the Burnup of a Thorium Fuel in the Gas Turbine - Modular Helium Reactor
Alberto Talamo, Waclaw Gudowski (KTH)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 317-318
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Processing of Spent TRISO-Coated Gen IV Reactor Fuels: Mechanical Head-End Processing
Barry B. Spencer, Guillermo D. Del Cul, Emory D. Collins (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 319-320
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Advanced Head-End Processing of Spent Fuel: A Progress Report
Guillermo D. Del Cul, Rodney D. Hunt, Barry B. Spencer, Emory D. Collins (ORNL), Kenneth Bateman, Karen Howden, Brian Westphal (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 321-322
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Linear Programming Approach for Modeling Solidification of HLW from PWR
Myeongguk Cheon, Joonhong Ahn (Univ of California, Berkeley), Tetsuo Ikegami (JNC)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 323-324
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Environmental and Biological Monitoring
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 325
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Climatic Site Characteristics for Early Site Permits
R. Brad Harvey (NRC)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 327-329
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Juyoul Kim (Univ of California, Los Angeles)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 330
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End | Visualization of Environmental Radiation Data Using Geostatistics
A GEM-Based TEPC for Neutron Protection Dosimetry
Marat Seidaliev, C-K Chris Wang (Georgia Tech)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 331-332
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Contribution of Hair Dosimetry Following Criticality Accident
L. Lebaron-Jacobs, A. Miele, R. Fottorino (CEA, Cadarache)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 333-334
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Alternative Method for Whole Body Biomarker I-131 Quick Screenings
Yung-Chang Lai, Yu-Wen Chen, Shiang-Bin Jong (Kaohsiung Medical Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 335
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Development of a Chitosan Based Adsorbent for Arsenic Removal
Rajesh Gutti, Lou Ross, William H. Miller, Tushar K. Ghosh (Univ of Missouri, Columbia)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 336-337
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Environmental Aspects of Radioactive Waste
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 339
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Measurement Systems for Environmental Restoration at a Reactor Accident Site
J. R. Giles (INEEL), C. P. Oertel, R. P. Wells (ICP)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 341-343
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
3D Geospatial Modeling for Visualization and Analysis of Groundwater Contamination at Nuclear Facilities
James C. Shepherd (NRC), Gerry L. Stirewalt (MANDEX)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 344-345
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Performance Assessment for Conceptual LLW Repository in Korea
D. Kawasaki, J. Ahn (Univ of California, Berkeley), J. B. Park, C. L. Kim (KHNP)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 346-347
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Disposition of Government Thorium Nitrate Stockpile: A Case Study
William Hermes, James Terry, Tom Hylton, Catherine Mattus (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 348
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Of Cat Scans and Glowing Pigs: Nuclear Facility Animal Control
E. D. Picazo (URS Grp), J. P. Bleech (West Valley Nucl Svc), A. M. Bird (DOE)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 349
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Chromium Diffusion on Natural Diamond
Adrián E. Méndez, Mark A. Prelas, Tushar Ghosh, Louis Ross, Jr. (Univ of Missouri, Columbia)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 350-351
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Production of Nanoparticles of Aluminum Oxide by Decomposition of Aerosols of Aluminum Nitrate Solution in a Flame
Damaris Vale, Angel Velez, Tushar K. Ghosh, Sudarshan K. Loyalka (Univ of Missouri, Columbia)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 352-353
Track 5: Technology, Environmental Aspects, and Management of the Back End
Risk Information Transmission and Security-Panel
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 357
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Regulation of Safety Culture-Papers/Panel
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 359
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Significance Culture in Nuclear Installations
Constance Perin (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 361-364
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Regulating Safety Culture: Either a Bad Idea or Already Being Done
William R. Corcoran (NSRC)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 365-366
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Panel Discussion
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 367
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Qualification of Safety Analysis and Design Software Quality Assurance
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 369
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Insights from Assessments of Safety Software Quality Assurance
S. Seth, C. Ashley, D. Brown (DOE)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 371-372
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Qualification of Safety Software in a Nuclear Weapons Complex Environment
David E. Peercy (SNL), Phil Huffman (BWXT Pantex), Ray Cullen (Hudson Bergen Light Rail)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 373-375
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Software Validation of SCALE Pre- and Post-Processors
Timothy M. Lloyd, Brandon D. Thomas (BNFL Fuel Sol)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 376-377
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Framework and Strategies for the Introduction of Best Estimate Models into the Licensing Process
C. Sollima, F. D'Auria (Univ of Pisa), J. Misák (UJV), G. Petrangeli (Univ of Pisa)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 378-379
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
General Thermal Hydraulics
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 381
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Preliminary Study of Water-Based Nanofluid Coolants for PWRs
J. Buongiorno, B. Truong (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 383-384
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Cyclic Venting Phenomena in the PCCS of the SBWR
Seungmin Oh, S. T. Revankar (Purdue Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 385-386
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Mixed Convection Heat Transfer Experiments in Smooth and Rough Vertical Tubes
Paul Symolon, Will Neuhaus, Randy Odell (Lockheed Martin)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 387-390
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Diagnostic Methodology for Pump Health in Nuclear Power Plant Using Fuzzy Logic
In-ho Won, Rong Gao, Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ), Evren Eryurek, Kadir Kavaklioglu (Emerson Process Mgt)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 391-392
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Using CFD to Study Scalar Mixing in Turbulent Flow Fields
V. Vishnu Karthik, Y. A. Hassan, A. R. McFarland (Texas A&M)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 393-394
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Reduced Pressure Scaling Criteria for Boiling Water Reactor Dynamic Simulation Including Void-Reactivity Coupling
Selim Kuran, Mamoru Ishii (Purdue Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 395-396
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Nonlinear Dynamics for Nuclear-Coupled Flow Power Oscillations in Boiling Water Reactors Including Subcooled Boiling and Gravity-Induced Flashing
Selim Kuran, Mamoru Ishii (Purdue Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 397-398
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Performance Enhancement of a Proposed Virtual Impactor Configuration Using CFD
Sridhar Hari, Y. A. Hassan, A. R. McFarland (Texas A&M)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 399-402
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Software Safety for Digital Electronics in Safety Systems
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 403
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Safety-Critical Software in Nuclear Facilities
R. G. Quirk (DNFSB)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 405-406
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
NuSEE: An Integrated Environment of Software Specification and V&V for NPP Safety-Critical Systems
Seo Ryong Koo, Poong Hyun Seong (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 407-408
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Software Design Analysis for the NPP I&C Systems Based on a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
Seo Ryong Koo, Poong Hyun Seong (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 409-410
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Fault Tolerance Evaluation of Digital Plant Protection System in Nuclear Power Plants
Jun Seok Lee, Man Cheol Kim, Poong Hyun Seong (KAIST), Hyun Gook Kang, Seung Cheol Jang (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 411-412
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Nuclear Qualification Lifecycle for the Invensys Tricon
Clayton Scott (Triconex), Edward (Ted) L. Quinn (Technol Res)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 413-416
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Digital Control System Reliability - Issues Related to the Modeling of Process Dynamics
Tunc Aldemir (Ohio State), Steven A. Arndt (NRC)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 417-421
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
A Survey of Reliability Modeling Methodologies for Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems
Jason Kirschenbaum (Ohio State), Michael Stovsky (Consultant), Paolo Bucci, Tunc Aldemir (Ohio State), Steven A. Arndt (NRC)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 422-424
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Thermal-Hydraulic Code Development and Applications
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 425
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Whole Core Sub-Channel Analysis in LMR Systems Codes, Current Status
Floyd E. Dunn, James E. Cahalan (ANL), Dohee Hahn, Hae-yong Jeong (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 427-429
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
CHF Experiments in Single Tubes - TRACEv4.050 Code Validation
Audrius Jasiulevicius, Rafael Macian-Juan (Paul Scherrer Inst)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 430-431
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Constitutive Relations for the Whole Core Sub-Channel Analysis Code
Hae-Yong Jeong, Dohee Hahn (KAERI), Floyd E. Dunn, James E. Cahalan (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 432-434
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Filtered Simulations of Turbulence in a Reactor Rod Bundle Flow
Paul F. Fischer, Constantine P. Tzanos (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 435-439
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Comparative Analysis for Evaluating Passive Safety Design Features of the KALIMER-150
Young Min Kwon, Won Pyo Chang, Yong Bum Lee, Dohee Hahn (KAERI), J. E. Cahalan (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 440-441
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Loss of Residual Heat Removal System: TRACEv4.00 Simulation of a PKL Experiment
Audrius Jasiulevicius, Omar Zerkak, Rafael Macian-Juan (Paul Scherrer Inst)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 442-443
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
The Implementation of 3-Field Modeling into TRAC-M/F90
Sang Ik Lee, Hee Cheon No (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 444-445
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Establishment of an Applicable Version of the CIAU Methodology
A. Petruzzi, F. D'Auria (Univ of Pisa)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 446-448
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Probabilistic Safety Applications
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 449
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
A Quantitative Impact Analysis of Sensor Failures on Nuclear Power Plant Operators in Accident Situations
Man Cheol Kim, Poong Hyun Seong (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 451
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Updating Plant Probabilistic Risk Assessment Studies for Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems
Tunc Aldemir, Don W. Miller, Audeen W. Fentiman (Ohio State), Steven A. Arndt (NRC)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 452-453
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Diagnostic Strategies from Minimal Cut Sets
Juan Arellano (IIE)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 454-455
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Application of a Situation Assessment Model of Nuclear Power Plant Operators to an Example Situation
Man Cheol Kim, Poong Hyun Seong (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 456-457
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Waterford-3 Alternative Source Term Implementation
Paul A. Sicard (Entergy)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 458-459
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Risk-Informed Approach to Selecting Licensing Basis Events for the AREVA-HTR in the United States
Karl N. Fleming (Technol Insights), Farshid Shahrokhi (Framatome ANP), Fred A. Silady (Technol Insights)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 460-461
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
History of Nuclear Criticality Safety
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 463
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
History of the LLNL Criticality Safety Experiments in the Period of 1954-1963
F. Kloverstrom (LLNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 465
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
An Experimenter's Perspective on the History of the Hanford (Battelle) Critical Mass Laboratory
Mike Durst (PNNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 466-467
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
History of Critical Experiments at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thomas P. McLaughlin (Consultant)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 468-469
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
History of the Oak Ridge Critical Experiments Program
J. T. Thomas (Retired), R. M. Westfall, C. M. Hopper (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 470-471
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
History of the Rocky Flats Critical Mass Laboratory
Robert E. Rothe (Retired)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 472
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Progress on the Movement Toward Risk-Informed Performance-Based Standards-Panel
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 473
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Thermal-Hydraulic Experimentation
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 475
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Microscale Heat Transfer at Ultra-High Heat Fluxes Over a Wide Range of Pressures
Robert H. Leyse (Inz)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 477-478
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
A Comparative Experimental Study on the PRHRS of an Advanced Integral Type Reactor
H. S. Park, K. Y. Choi, S. J. Lee, M. K. Chung (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 479-480
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Direct Vessel Inclined Injection System for Advanced Power Reactor 1400 MWe
Jong K. Lee, Kune Y. Suh (Seoul Natl Univ), Chul H. Song (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 481-482
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Effects of Combined Axial and Cross Flows on the Fuel Rod Vibration
A. Mandour, M. E. Conner, R. Lu (Westinghouse Nucl Fuel)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 483-484
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Droplet De-Entrainment on Vertical Rods in Air-Droplet Mixture Flow
Kyung-Won Lee, Hee Cheon No (KAIST), Chul-Hwa Song (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 485-486
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Reactor Safety: General
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 487
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Development of Power Uprate Technology for Korean Nuclear Power Plants
Sung Sik Yu, Il Kon Kim, Hae Ryong Hwang (KOPEC), Ji In Kim, Eung Soo Chang, Tae Ju Chun (KHNP)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 489-490
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Tests of Ejectors Designed for Dynamic Natural Convection
K. I. Soplenkov (VNIIAES), A. W. Reinsch (DYNAC Sys), V. G. Selivanov (Kharkov Aeronautical Inst)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 491-492
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Development of the Program for Identifying High ORD Jobs in Nuclear Power Plants
Yong Min Kim, Dong Hoon Shin, Chang Sun Kang (Seoul Natl Univ), Young Ho Cho (POSDATA), Jungkwon Son, Kidoo Kang, Kyoungdoek Kim (KHNP)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 493-494
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Creating the Foundation for AP-913
Darryl Barney (SCE), Jeff Kasschau (First Approach), Bill Bromley (CQS Consult), Roland Daigle (Mission Reaction), Ted Quinn (Technol Res)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 495-497
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Investigation of Zircaloy-4 Doped with Metallic Burnable Poisons
C. K. Kahambwe, R. L. McDaniels (Univ of Tennessee), Barry Hindin (Battelle), M. L. Grossbeck (Univ of Tennessee)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 498-499
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards-Forum
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 500
Track 6: Regulatory and Safety Issues
Reactor Analysis Methods
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 503
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Validation of the GE Lattice Physics Code LANCER02
Dave Knott, Vernon W. Mills, Erin Wehlage (GNF)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 505-507
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
CASMO-4 and Multigroup MCNP Comparisons for MOX Fuel Assemblies
Scott Palmtag, Joel Rhodes III (Studsvik Scandpower)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 508-509
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Fine-Lattice Stochastic Modeling of Particle Fuels in an HTGR Unit Fuel Element
Nam Zin Cho, Hui Yu (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 510-513
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Improved Features and Verification of an AFEN Method Code in Hexagonal-Z 3-D Geometry for Neutron Diffusion Calculation
Nam Zin Cho, Jaejun Lee (KAIST), Do Sam Kim, Chae Yong Yang, Jong Chull Jo (KINS)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 514-516
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Unified Nodal Formulation of Refined Analytic Function Expansion Nodal Method for Kinetics Application
Tae Young Han, Han Gyu Joo, Chang Hyo Kim (Seoul Natl Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 517-519
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Accounting for Moderator Heating in Supercritical Water Reactor Analysis
Paul P. H. Wilson, Po Hu (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 520-521
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Combining a Beowulf Cluster and MCNP5 to Solve Particle Transport Problems
Z. Zhao, G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ of Cincinnati)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 522-524
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
CANDU Core Calculations with Monte Carlo Based Homogenized Cross Sections
Justin Pounders, Farzad Rahnema (Georgia Tech), Germina Ilas (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 525-527
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Current Issues in Computational Methods-Roundtable
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 528
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Reactor Physics Design, Validation, and Operating Experience
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 529
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Verify Super Double-Heterogeneous Spherical Lattice Model for Equilibrium Fuel Cycle Analysis
Gray S. Chang (INEEL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 531-533
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Fuel Cycle Extension of the High Flux Isotope Reactor Using a Beryllium Internal Reflector
Ned Xoubi (Univ of Cincinnati), R. T. Primm III (ORNL), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ of Cincinnati)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 534-536
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
ENHS (Encapsulated Nuclear Heat Source) Reactor Core Design for Reduced Power
Ser Gi Hong (KAERI), Ehud Greenspan (Univ of California, Berkeley), Yeong Il Kim (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 537-539
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
A Feasibility Study of Small-Size Molten-Salt Cooled Long Life Cores
Ser Gi Hong (KAERI), Ehud Greenspan (Univ of California, Berkeley), Yeong Il Kim (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 540-543
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Using SIMULATE-3 for Load Maneuver Projections
Shawn K. Gibby, Andrew T. Godfrey (Duke Energy)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 544-545
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Evaluation of Core Attributes Uncertainties due to Input Data Uncertainties
Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Framatome ANP), Paul J. Turinsky (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 546-547
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Development of MAPSSEL Long Life Detector Design - Performance Evaluation
Yu Sun Choi (KEPRI), Toshio Morita, Michael D. Heibel (Westinghouse)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 548-549
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Error Reduction in CPC Axial Power Distribution Synthesis
Hyeong Heon Kim, Sung Goo Chi (KOPEC)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 550-551
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Mathematical Modeling: General
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 553
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Representation of Measurement Uncertainty in Flux/Power Shape Construction from Monitored Data
Aram Hakobyan, Mihaela Biro, Tunc Aldemir (Ohio State)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 555-557
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Double Differential Neutron Scattering Cross Sections for Ultra High Temperature Materials
Felix C. Difilippo, John P. Renier (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 558-560
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Application of Modal-Local Method for Modeling Pulsed Source Experiments
Viktoriya V. Kulik (CEA, Saclay), John C. Lee (Univ of Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 561-563
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
One-Group Reactor Kinetics in Cylindrical Geometry?
B. D. Ganapol (Univ of Arizona)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 564-567
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Multi Scale Approximation of the Time-Dependent Boltzmann Equation
B. Merk (FZK), D. G. Cacuci (Univ Karlsruhe)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 568-569
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Development of ¹²⁹I Scaling Factor Evaluation Method in Korean CANDU Reactor
Ki-ha Hwang, Sang-chul Lee, Kun-jai Lee (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 570-571
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Data, Analysis, and Operations for Nuclear Criticality Safety - I
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 573
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
LoPo, the First Enriched Uranium Reactor
A. Nichole Ellis (Washington SMS)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 575-577
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Critical Mass Experiment with Uranium, Rhenium, and Polyethylene
Rene Sanchez, David Loaiza, David Daily, Robert Kimpland (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 578-579
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Critical Mass Experiment with Niobium - 1 wt.% Zirconium Fueled with Highly Enriched Uranium in Support of Project Prometheus
David Loaiza, Rene Sanchez, Kristin Chesson (LANL), Michael Westfall, Calvin Hopper (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 580-581
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Experimental Criticality Benchmarks for the SNAP 10A/2 Reactor Cores
A. W. Krass, K. L. Goluoglu (ORNL), R. G. Taylor (C. S. Eng)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 582-583
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
A SCALE/MCNP Method for Spent Fuel Transportation Criticality Qualification
Timothy M. Lloyd, James E. Hopf (BNFL Fuel Sol)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 584-586
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Data, Analysis, and Operations for Nuclear Criticality Safety - II
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 587
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Implementation of a Computer Data Acquisition System for Criticality Safety Assessment
R. Claybourn, S. Huang, J. Lewis, J. Pearson (LLNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 589-590
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Use of Gadolinium as a Primary Criticality Control in Disposing Waste Containing Plutonium at SRS
Davoud A. Eghbali, Kristan J. McCoid (Washington SMS)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 591-592
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Criticality Concern with Fissionable Material Washout from Fuel Pin Breaches in the FFTF Sodium Removal System
J. S. Lan, R. F. Richard, H. Toffer (Fluor Govt Grp), J. E. Baker (Fluor Hanford)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 593-595
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Additional Applications of Fixed Neutron Absorbers
H. Toffer, D. G. Erickson (Fluor Govt Grp), S. F. Kessler (LLNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 596-597
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Unified Criticality Safety Design Framework for Future Fuel Reprocessing Systems
Hiroki Nakabayashi, Kenichi Kurisaka, Koji Sato (JNC), Kazuo Aoki (Advanced Reactor Technol)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 598-599
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Classification of Administrative Controls that Support IROFS Under 10 CFR § 70 Subpart H
Robert L. Frost, Samuel K. Skiles (Nucl Safety Assoc)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 600-601
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Advanced Optimization Methods for Fuel Management
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 603
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
A New Optimization Algorithm for In-Core Fuel Shuffling Sequence of BWR
Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ), Masayuki Toujou, Kentarou Komori (Chuden CTI), Yasunori Kitamura, Yoshihiro Yamane (Nagoya Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 605-606
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
The BPEC Methodology in the Pearls^TM Loading Pattern Search Tool
F. D. Popa (Westinghouse), S. Si (SNERDI), H. Q. Lam (Westinghouse)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 607-609
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Adaptively Constrained Multiobjective Genetic Algorithms for Incore Fuel Management Optimization
Paul M. Keller (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 610-611
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
N-Streaming^SM Concept for Boiling Water Reactor Fuel Cycle Design
Mehdi Asgari, Dave J. Kropaczek (GNF), James J. Tusar (Exelon)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 612-614
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
BWR Fuel Lattice Optimization Using Scatter Search
J. L. François, C. Martín-del-Campo, L. B. Morales, M. A. Palomera (UNAM)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 615-617
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Innovative Use of Fuzzy Logic to Build Objective Functions in Nuclear Fuel Optimization Problems
C. Martín-del-Campo, J. L. François, M. A. Palomera, A. Barragán (UNAM)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 618-620
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
BALO-BWR Assembly Lattice Optimization
Albert G. Gu, Robert J. Veklotz, Thongchai Patchana, Ralph G. Grummer, Craig Brown (Framatome ANP)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 621-623
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Heuristic Rules Embedded Genetic Algorithm for Loading Pattern Optimization
Fatih Alim, Kostadin Ivanov (Penn State)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 624-625
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Next Generation of "Advanced" Methods for Light Water Reactor Analysis
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 627
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Verification of SCOPE2 through Analysis of Critical Assembly Experiments and Core Tracking Calculations
Masahiro Tatsumi, Hideaki Hyoudou, Hiroaki Nagano (NFI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 629-630
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Calculation Models of AEGIS, an Advanced Neutronics Solver of Next Generation
Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ), Naoki Sugimura, Tadashi Ushio (NEL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 631-632
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Verification Calculations of AEGIS, an Advanced Neutronics Solver of Next Generation
Naoki Sugimura, Tadashi Ushio (NEL), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 633-634
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Microscopic Depletion Model in SIMULATE-4
Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik Scandpower), Sten-Örjan Lindahl (Studsvik Scandpower AB), Scott P. Palmtag (Studsvik Scandpower)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 635-636
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Real Core Tracking Analyses Using SIMULATE-4
Shinji Yoshida, Shinya Kosaka (TEPCO)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 637-638
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Analysis of Results for the OECD/NEA and U.S. NRC PWR MOX/UO₂ Core Transient Benchmark
T. Kozlowski, T. J. Downar (Purdue Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 639-641
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Computational Methods: General
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 643
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
A New Formulation of Criticality for Multigroup Diffusion Theory in Heterogeneous Plane Geometry
B. D. Ganapol (Univ of Arizona)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 645-647
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
The Effects of Electron Scattering on the Absolute Parametric X-Ray (PXR) Yield Calculations
B. Sones (U.S. Military Acad), Y. Danon, R. Block (RPI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 648-650
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Comparison of Monte Carlo and Deterministic Depletion Codes for LWR Fuel Cycle Analysis
Jeffrey C. Davis, John C. Lee (Univ of Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 651-653
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Effect of Fuel Particles Distribution Model on PBR Cell Parameters
Germina Ilas (ORNL), Farzad Rahnema (Georgia Tech), Abderrafi M. Ougouag (INL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 654-656
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
A New Stochastic Optimization Algorithm Based on Particle Collisions
Wagner F. Sacco, Cassiano R. E. de Oliveira (Georgia Tech)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 657-659
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Burnup Capability Added to MCNPX
Holly R. Trellue, Gregg W. McKinney, Joe Durkee (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 660-661
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Reactor Physics: General - I
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 663
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
An Unresolved Resonance Evaluation for ²³³U from 600 eV to 40 keV
L. C. Leal, H. Derrien, N. M. Larson, A. Courcelle (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 665-666
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
On the Importance of Resonance-Dependent S(,) Tables for Criticality Values
R. Dagan (FZK)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 667-668
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Reactivity Impact of ENDF/B-VI Cross Sections for Deuterium in Heavy-Water Solution Benchmarks
Russell D. Mosteller, Joann M. Campbell, Robert C. Little (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 669-671
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Impact of Missing Resonances in Determining Group Cross Sections and Uncertainties
G. Arbanas, L. C. Leal, N. M. Larson (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 672-673
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Isotopic Compositions of Material Used in a Radiological Dispersal Device Determined by Forward Model Calculations
David E. Burk, William S. Charlton, Mark Scott, Don Giannangeli, Kristen Epresi (Texas A&M)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 674-675
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
New Parameters for Evaluation of TRU Transmutation Effectiveness
Chi Young Han, Jong Kyung Kim (Hanyang Univ), Un Chul Lee (Seoul Natl Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 676-677
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Neutron Calculations of Mixed HEU-LEU Cores for IAN-R1 Research Reactor
Jose Antonio Sarta Fuentes (Distrital Univ Francisco Jose de Caldas), Luis Alvaro Castiblanco Bohorquez (Ingeominas)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 678-679
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Thermal Neutron Moderation Calculations for a 14 MeV Portable Neutron Generator Source
Ralph J. Cerbone, Sergey Egorov (Del Mar Ventures)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 680-681
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Reactor Physics: General - II
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 683
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Physics Analysis of Coolant Voiding in the ACR-700 Lattice
C. A. Cotton, D. Lee, T. Kozlowski, T. J. Downar (Purdue Univ), W. S. Yang (ANL), D. E. Carlson (NRC)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 685-687
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
A Pressure Tube Fast Test Reactor Concept
Youssef Shatilla (King Abdul Aziz Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 688-693
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Reactor Physics Analysis of a Tube-in-Duct Fuel Design for GFR Service
P. Yarsky, M. A. Pope, M. J. Driscoll, P. Hejzlar (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 694-696
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Analysis of the OECD/NEA PBMR-268 Transient Benchmark Problem with the PARCS Neutronics Code
Volkan Seker, Thomas J. Downar (Purdue Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 697-699
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Analysis of the Dry Process Fuel Cycle for a Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor
Chang Joon Jeong, Gyu Hong Roh, Hangbok Choi (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 700-701
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Impacts of Geometrical Approximations on Tritium Breeding Ratio in Fusion Blanket Analysis
Beomseok Han (Seoul Natl Univ), Yonghee Kim (KAERI), Chang Hyo Kim (Seoul Natl Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 702-703
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Analysis of Neutronics of Subcritical Blanket - Cascade Neutron Amplifier for Fusion-Fission Hybrid
Alexander Barzilov, Phillip Womble (Western Kentucky Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 704
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Confirmatory Experiments for Nuclear Emissions during Acoustic Cavitation
Y. Xu, A. Butt (Purdue Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 705-706
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Atomistic and Continuum Modeling
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 707
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Atomistic Modelling of Chromium Precipitation in Fe-Cr Alloys
J. Wallenius (KTH)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 709
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
The Entropy of Delta Pu-Ga Alloys
M. Stan, M. I. Baskes (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 710
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Dynamics of Brittle Fracture in Amorphous Silica: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Krishna Muralidharan (Univ of New Mexico, Univ of Florida), Pierre Deymier, Joseph H. Simmons (Univ of Arizona)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 711-712
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
An Empirical Charge Redistribution Model for Oxide Fuel Materials
S. M. Valone (LANL, Univ of New Mexico), S. R. Atlas (Univ of New Mexico)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 713-714
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Design of Irradiation Experiments for the High Flux Isotope Reactor
Chunyun Wang, Seokho H. Kim, David K. Felde (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 715-716
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Stress Indices and Stress Intensification Factors at Head Plate Penetration Anchors
Eun Woo Ahn, Dong Bum Oh, Jik Lae Jo (KOPEC)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 717-718
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Transport Methods: General
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 719
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Transient Capability for a MOC-Based Whole Core Transport Code DeCART
Jin-Young Cho, Kang-Seog Kim, Chung-Chan Lee (KAERI), Han-Gyu Joo (Seoul Natl Univ), Won-Sik Yang, T. A. Taiwo (ANL), J. Thomas (Purdue Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 721-722
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Global Error Analysis of the Spatial Approximation in Discrete Ordinates Methods
Jose I. Duo, Yousry Y. Azmy (Penn State)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 723-724
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
High Order Spatial Expansion of the Incident Current in the Heterogeneous Coarse Mesh Transport Method
Benoit Forget, Farzad Rahnema (Georgia Tech)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 725-727
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
A Block Diagonal Parallel Preconditioning Strategy for the Finite Element-Spherical Harmonics Method
Hyeong Kae Park, Cassiano R. E. de Oliveira (Georgia Tech)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 728-730
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
A Decoupled Finite Element Heterogeneous Coarse Mesh Transport Method
Scott W. Mosher (LANL), Farzad Rahnema (Georgia Tech)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 731-733
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Atomic Mix Synthetic Acceleration for Transport in Binary Statistical Mixtures
Anil K. Prinja, Erin D. Fichtl (Univ of New Mexico)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 734-736
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Properties of the S_n-Equivalent Integral Transport Operator in Slab Geometry
Massimiliano Rosa, Yousry Y. Azmy (Penn State), Jim E. Morel (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 737-740
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Simple But Powerful Analytic Transport Benchmarks: The Rod Problem
Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 741-743
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
SCALE State-of-the-Art Analysis Tools
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 745
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Overview of Advances in SCALE Development
S. M. Bowman (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 747-748
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Continuous-Energy Version of the SCALE Control Modules for Use with Continuous-Energy KENO V.a and KENO-VI
D. F. Hollenbach, M. E. Dunn (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 749-750
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Recent Enhancements to the SCALE 5 Resonance Self-Shielding Methodology
M. L. Williams, S. Goluoglu, L. M. Petrie (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 751-753
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Continuous-Energy Multidimensional S_N Transport for Problem-Dependent Resonance Self-Shielding Calculations
Zhaopeng Zhong, Thomas J. Downar (Purdue Univ), Mark D. DeHart, Mark L. Williams (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 754-757
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
ENDF/B-VI Library Generation and Testing for the SCALE Code System
M. E. Dunn, P. B. Fox, N. M. Greene, L. M. Petrie (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 758-759
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Advances in the TSUNAMI Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis Codes Beyond SCALE 5
Bradley T. Rearden, Mark L. Williams, James E. Horwedel (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 760-762
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Assessment of TRITON and PARCS for Full-Core MOX Fuel Calculations
Mark D. DeHart (ORNL), Jacopo Saccheri, David Diamond (BNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 763-766
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
GeeWiz: Integrated User Interface for SCALE
Stephen M. Bowman, James E. Horwedel (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 767-769
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Research by U.S. Department of Energy-Sponsored Students
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 771
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Assessment of Radiation Absorbed Doses During Micro-CT Imaging
Said Daibes Figueroa, Timothy Hoffman (Univ of Missouri, Columbia; HSTMVH), William Miller (Univ of Missouri, Columbia), Christopher Winkelmann (HSTMVH), Shameem Hasan (Univ of Missouri, Columbia), Richard Poelling, Tiffani Shelton (HSTMVH)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 773-774
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Magnetic Deflection of Electrons and Ions Produced by Pyroelectric Crystals
Jeffrey A. Geuther, Yaron Danon (RPI)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 775-776
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Statistical Analysis of a System for Radiation Treatment Positioning Accuracy
Yu-Wen Chang, William H. Miller (Univ of Missouri, Columbia), Jatinder R. Palta (Univ of Florida)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 777-779
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Fundamental Condensation Heat Transfer Studies for Horizontal PCCS Heat Exchanger
T. Wu, K. Vierow (Purdue Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 780-781
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
An Integrated Model of Natural Circulation Loop Under Low Pressure
Quan Zhou, Rizwan-uddin (Univ of Illinois)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 782-784
Track 7: Basic Science and Technology
Education and Training: General
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 787
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
Real Time, Distance Lab via LabVIEW and Webcam
Yuxiang Gu, Rizwan-uddin (Univ of Illinois)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 789-790
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
The New Medical Physics Program at Georgia Institute of Technology in Cooperation with Emory University
C-K Chris Wang, Farzad Rahnema, Ward O. Winer (Georgia Tech), Timothy H. Fox (Emory Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 791-792
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
A Performance System Institute: Improving Organizational Performance through Improved Human Performance
Jo-Ann D. Rolle (Excelsior Coll), Roger Kaufman (Florida State Univ)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 793-794
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
Assessing Training for Academic Credit - Traditional College Credit from Non-Traditional Sources
Richard P. Coe (Excelsior Coll)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 795-797
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
Challenging Demographics and Potential Remedies Associated with Educating Ph.D.-Level Actinide Radiochemists
Thomas E. Kiess (DOE), Dale L. Perry (LBNL)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 798-800
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
SIMODIS: A Nuclear Reactor Component Dynamic Simulation
Lamartine N. F. Guimarães (Inst for Advanced Studies, Univ Braz Cubas)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 801-802
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
The Development of Nuclear Power in Iran: Questions, Perspectives, and Impacts-Panel
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 803
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
Challenges of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative-Panel
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 804
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
Engaging the Anti's: Communications with Environmental Groups
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 805
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
Engaging the Anti-Nukes: Perspective of a Former Anti-Nuke
Ruth Weiner
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 807
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
How Engineers' Quest for Perfection Hurts Nuclear's Public Image
James E. Hopf (BNFL Fuel Sol)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 808-809
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
Public Outreach in a "Hot Pocket"
Howard C. Shaffer (Retired)
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Pages 810-811
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
Give the Public a Breath of Fresh Air: Taking Nuclear Outreach to the Frontlines
Todd R. Flowers (Dominion Gen), Virginia Section of NA-YGN
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 812
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
"Too Cheap to Meter" and Other Myths of the Nuclear Age-Panel
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 813
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication
Focus on Communications: Speaking with the Media-Panel
Transactions | Volume 92 | Number 1 | June 2005 | Page 814
Track 8: Policy Issues and Communication

Annual Meeting 2005 / Volume 92