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Division members promote the advancement of mathematical and computational methods for solving problems arising in all disciplines encompassed by the Society. They place particular emphasis on numerical techniques for efficient computer applications to aid in the dissemination, integration, and proper use of computer codes, including preparation of computational benchmark and development of standards for computing practices, and to encourage the development on new computer codes and broaden their use.
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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|3:30–5:15PM PDT|Continental Ballroom 2
Session Chair:
Ville Valtavirta (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Alternate Chair:
John Tramm (ANL)
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Preliminary Analysis of iDTMC-Assisted Predictor-Corrector Quasi-Static Monte Carlo Simulation in the iMC Code
3:30–3:50PM PDT
Taesuk Oh (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Paper
Implementation and Assessment of the Crank-Nicolson Method for the Monte Carlo Multilevel Kinetics Module
3:50–4:10PM PDT
Firas Abdullatif (Ohio State), Dean Wang (Ohio State)
A Time-Slicing Method for Capturing Neutron Source Locations for Initializing Dynamic Monte Carlo Simulations
4:10–4:30PM PDT
John Tchakerian (MIT), Gavin Ridley (MIT), Timothy Burke (LANL), Benoit Forget (MIT)
Development and Benchmarking of Two Distinct Time-Dependent Random Ray Methods
4:30–4:50PM PDT
Maximilian Kraus (Univ. Cambridge), Paul Cosgrove (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge)
Benchmarking Time Dependent COMET in a Set of Multigroup Kinetic Single Assembly I2S-LWR Problems
4:50–5:10PM PDT
Dingkang Zhang (Georgia Tech), Farzad Rahnema (Georgia Tech)
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