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Item ID: 700414|ISBN: 978-0-89448-740-8
2017
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Description
The 2017 Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting contains 63 papers. The theme of the meeting was, "Criticality Safety--Pushing Boundaries by Modernizing and Integrating data, Methods, and Regulations.
Some topics of interest include: Validation/Applicability Studies, Burnup Credit, Storage, Transportation, and Disposal of Fissile Materials, Criticality Safety--General, Information Access, Qualification Programs, and Methods and Software Development.
