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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.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Technical Session|Methods
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|1:30–3:15PM PDT|Continental Ballroom 2
Session Chair:
Yves Robert (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
April Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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An Iterative RSA-DEM Method for High Packing Fraction Stochastic Media
1:30–1:50PM PDT
Zhe Chuan Tan (Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative), Zhi Yuan Feng (Tsinghua Univ.), Kan Wang (Tsinghua Univ.)
Paper
ODR-VS Method for High Packing Fraction of Dispersed Fuel Particles in Annular Container
1:50–2:10PM PDT
Zhiyuan Feng (Tsinghua Univ.), Jingang Liang (Tsinghua Univ.), Wenli Guo (Tsinghua Univ.), Kan Wang (Tsinghua Univ.)
Presented by Zhe Chuan Tan (Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative)
Modeling Enhancements and Benchmarking of Pebble Bed Reactors in the Shift Monte Carlo Code
2:10–2:30PM PDT
Tarek Ghaddar (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Tara Pandya (ORNL), Matthew Jessee (ORNL)
Development of an Equilibrium Modeling Method for Modeling Micro-Modular Pebble-Bed High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
2:30–2:50PM PDT
Annie M. Berens (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Investigating the Accuracy of Porous-Medium Treatments in the Analysis of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Systems
2:50–3:10PM PDT
Zach Hughes (TAMU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Nolan MacDonald (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Cristian Garza (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Thomas Guilbaud (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Alessandro Scolaro (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
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