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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Technical Session|Monte Carlo Methods and Applications
Tuesday, April 29, 2025|3:15–4:55PM MDT|Lawrence B
Session Chair:
Jaakko Leppanen (VTT Technical Research Centre)
Alternate Chair:
Michael Rising (LANL)
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Small Sample Reactivity Worth Calculation: Comparison of Serpent2 and TRIPOLI4 Perturbation Techniques
3:15–3:40PM MDT
Federico Di Croce (SCK CEN), Pierre Leconte (CEA), Federico Grimaldi (SCK CEN), Antonin Krása (SCK CEN), Pierre-Etienne Labeau (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Jan Wagemans (SCK CEN)
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Revisiting the Reactor Period Capabilities in TRIPOLI-4®
3:40–4:05PM MDT
Cecilia Montecchio (CEA), Davide Mancusi (CEA), Vincent Lamirand (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Wilfried Monange (IRSN), Andrea Zoia (CEA)
Multi Cycle Core Follow Calculations for Hanbit Unit 3 Using the McCARD/MASTER Code System with ENDF/B-VII.1 and ENDF/B-VIII.0 Evaluated Nuclear Data Libraries
4:05–4:30PM MDT
Jeong Woo Park (Kyung Hee Univ.), Ho Jin Park (Kyung Hee Univ.)
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