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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
Meeting Spotlight
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
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Los Alamos researchers test TRISO transportation
Los Alamos National Laboratory recently performed a series of customized criticality experiments to obtain data that will support the transportation of HALEU TRISO fuel, the Department of Energy announced April 21.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Haselton
Session Chair:
Vince Wang (U. of Utah)
Alternate Chair:
Petri Guimaraes (Studsvik Scandpower)
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A Preliminary Design of High Dominance Ratio Configurations for Space-Time Effect Measurements in ZPR : A Tentative Application in VENUS-F
Kornilios Routsonis (NRG), Patrick Blaise (CEA), Jean Tommasi (CEA)
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Impact of Infinite Lattice Approximation on Nuclear Safety Evaluation Due to Different Fuel Assembly Loading and Core Configurations
Sebastien Bonthoux (IRSN), Julien Taforeau (IRSN)
Westinghouse Simplified RAVE™ Approach to PWR OT∆T/OP∆T Event Analyses
Peter A. Hilton (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Bedirhan Akdeniz (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Scott Snider (Westinghouse Electric Co.), David A. Salazar (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael Gavalek (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
On the Modelling of Fuel Assembly Vibrations Using Coarse Mesh Approaches
C. Demaziere (Chalmers Univ. of Technology)
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