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Materials Science & Technology
The objectives of MSTD are: promote the advancement of materials science in Nuclear Science Technology; support the multidisciplines which constitute it; encourage research by providing a forum for the presentation, exchange, and documentation of relevant information; promote the interaction and communication among its members; and recognize and reward its members for significant contributions to the field of materials science in nuclear technology.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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ANS certificate and certification courses continue to improve
The American Nuclear Society launched its inaugural Nuclear 101 certificate course at the 2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo in November. The five-day program, which is designed to provide participants with a robust understanding of nuclear energy and engineering, was the talk of the conference, with nearly 50 attendees from different nuclear organizations participating in the course.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Fantail
Session Chair:
James Rendell (U.K. National Nuclear Laboratory)
Alternate Chair:
Amy E. van der Vyver
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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Recognizing Unrecognized Sources of Uncertainty (USU) in Nuclear Data
10:00–10:20AM EST
Jesse M. Brown (ORNL), Vladimir Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL)
Paper
Correlated Sampling to Reduce the Uncertainty of Combinations of keff Sensitivities
10:20–10:40AM EST
Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL)
Quantifying the Impact of Isotopically Dependent Fuel TSLs on LCT Systems in VALID
10:40–11:00AM EST
Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), William J. Marshall (ORNL)
Low Energy Light Output Measurement of EJ301D and D-Stilbene
11:00–11:20AM EST
C.A. Irvine (LANL), T.C. Borgwardt (LANL), R.A. Weldon Jr. (LANL)
Resolved Resonance Evaluation for 95Mo from Thermal to 5,000 eV
11:20–11:40AM EST
Luiz Leal (ORNL), Nicolas Leclaire (IRSN), Travis Greene (ORNL), Marco T. Pigni (ORNL), Klaus Guber (ORNL)
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