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ANS Student Conference 2025
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Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Report spotlights energy sector’s growing nuclear investment
As part of a broader series on the future of global energy markets, S&P Global has released a report on examining the growing interest in nuclear power as the solution to many of the problems the energy sector faces.
To read the full details and conclusions of the report, click here.
Technical Session|Monte Carlo Methods and Applications
Monday, April 28, 2025|10:00–11:40AM MDT|Lawrence B
Session Chair:
David Griesheimer (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Alternate Chair:
John Tramm (ANL)
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A Study of Temperature Feedback in the DARWIN Core Concept with Comparison of Monte Carlo and Deterministic Approaches
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Anze Mihelcic (Jozef Stefan Institute), Dušan Čalič (Jozef Stefan Institute), Luka Snoj (Jozef Stefan Institute)
Paper
On-the-fly Temperature Treatment Routine for Unresolved Resonance Probability Table Sampling in Serpent 2
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Jaakko Leppänen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Convergence Analysis on Large Scale Models Simulated Using the GUARDYAN-SUBCHANFLOW Coupled Code System
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Elod Pázmán (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics), David Legrady (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics), Gabor Tolnai (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics), Tamas Hajas (Budapest Univ. Technology and Economics)
Multi-Material Cell Treatments in the LLNL Imp IMC Code
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Evan S. Gonzalez (LLNL), Patrick S. Brantley (LLNL), Matthew J. O'Brien (LLNL)
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