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There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing Disney World to build a nuclear power plant.
Technical Session|Methods
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|1:30–3:15PM PDT|Franciscan D
Session Chair:
Scott P. Palmtag
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This session contains 4 papers related to current activities for analyzing OECD/NEA TVA WB1 Benchmark. The session will begin with a 20 minute introduction to the benchmark, and the first paper will be presented at 1:50pm PDT.
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VERA Solution to the Watts Bar Benchmark Problem
1:50–2:10PM PDT
Scott Palmtag (NCSU), Khaldoon Al-Dawood (NCSU), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear)
Paper
NEA/OECD TVA Watts Bar Unit 1 Multi-Physics Multi-Cycle Depletion Benchmark with CASMO5 and SIMULATE5
2:10–2:30PM PDT
Emiliya L. Georgieva (Studsvik Scandpower), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik Scandpower)
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Variability Due to Nuclear Data Applied to the Watts Bar Unit 1 Benchmark with CASMO5/SIMULATE5 Code Sequence
2:30–2:50PM PDT
S. Bonthoux (IRSN), J. Taforeau (IRSN)
Presented by Franck Bernard (IRSN)
First Steps of the ANTARES Validation with TVA Watts Bar Unit 1 Cycle 1 Benchmark
2:50–3:10PM PDT
F. Bernard (IRSN), S. Bonthoux (IRSN), M. Forestier (IRSN), G. Girault (IRSN), A. Sargeni (IRSN), J. Taforeau (IRSN)
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