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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Japanese researchers test detection devices at West Valley
Two research scientists from Japan’s Kyoto University and Kochi University of Technology visited the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York state earlier this fall to test their novel radiation detectors, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on November 19.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Banyan C
Session Chair:
Adam Hecht
Alternate Chair:
Alexander Barzilov
Session Organizer:
Irina I. Popova
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MCNP6 Evaluation of Exposure Dose Rates from a 252Cf-Based Neutron Irradiator for NAA
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Livia Fernandes Barros (MIT), Jiankai Yu (MIT), Michael Philip Short (MIT), Tolga Durak (MIT), Edward Lamere (MIT), Mitchell S. Galanek (MIT), Akmal Safarov (Samarkand State Univ.), Haruko M. Wainwright (MIT)
Paper
Improvements on Oktavian Modeling with MCNP6.3
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Micky Dzur (LANL), Jerawan Armstrong (LANL), Chelsea D'Angelo (LANL)
Automated Vector Analysis Using Particle Swarm Optimization
10:40–11:00AM PDT
John C. Stooksbury (Bechtel)
Solution Grown Hybrid Halide Perovskite Single Crystals for Photon Detectors
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Kaleab Ayalew (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Shea Tonkinson (Univ. New Mexico), Alexandria Ragsdale (Univ. New Mexico), Maya Narayanan Kutty (Univ. New Mexico), Ganesh Balakrishnan (Univ. New Mexico), Adam Hecht (Univ. New Mexico), Jaeyun Moon (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Alexander Barzilov (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
Tempest™: A Monte Carlo Code for Radiation Transport with Combined Native CAD and CSG Geometries
11:20–11:30AM PDT
Carl Hughes (Orthrus Software), Peter Taylor (Orthrus Software), Daniel Cork (Cerberus Nuclear)
Attachment — Tempest Paper
Integrating AI Assistant Technology into Cyclone™ for Simplified MCNP® Syntax Generation
11:30–11:40AM PDT
Daniel Cork (Cerberus Nuclear), John Billingsley (Cerberus Nuclear), Tu Nguyen (Cerberus Nuclear), Andrew Smith (Cerberus Nuclear), Peter Taylor (Orthrus Software)
Attachment — Cyclone Sage Paper
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