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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Laguna A
Session Chairs:
Liam Payne
Konner Casanova (INL)
Session Organizer:
Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL)
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Postclosure Transient Criticality Analysis for a Dual-Purpose Canister
Alex Salazar III (Sandia)
Paper
Burnup Credit Criticality Safety Analysis for High Density Spent Fuel Storage Using a Unified Bayesian Validation Methodology
Axel Hoefer (Framatome ), Harald Feldmann (Framatome ), Stefan Glaubrecht (Framatome )
The Use of Burnup Credit for Demonstrating Post-Closure Criticality Safety of UK Spent Fuel
Liam Payne (Nuclear Waste Services), Tamara D. Baldwin (Galson Sciences), Timothy W. Hicks (Galson Sciences), Robert M. Mason (Jacobs)
Validation of UNF-ST&DARDS As-Loaded Criticality Calculations
J.B. Clarity (PNNL), K. Banerjee (PNNL), L.P. Miller (PNNL), A.M. Shaw (ORNL), W. J. Marshall (ORNL)
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