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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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X-energy, Dow apply to build an advanced reactor project in Texas
Dow and X-energy announced today that they have submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a proposed advanced nuclear project in Seadrift, Texas. The project could begin construction later this decade, but only if Dow confirms “the ability to deliver the project while achieving its financial return targets.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|8:00–9:45AM EST|Fantail
Session Chair:
Amy E. van der Vyver
Alternate Chair:
Benjamin Martin
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Safety Cases: Assumptions Versus Reality
8:00–8:20AM EST
James Rendell (National Nuclear Laboratory)
Paper
Functional Classification of Criticality Safety Controls at the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility
8:20–8:40AM EST
Brittany M. Williamson (Spectra Tech)
Investigating Hydrogen Thermal Scattering Law Data with Critical Benchmarks
8:40–9:00AM EST
T.M. Greene (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), C.W. Chapman (ORNL)
Evaluation of Thermal Neutron Scattering Cross Section of α-U3O8 with Ab Initio Lattice Dynamics
9:00–9:20AM EST
Junhyoung Gil (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
An Approach to Obtaining the Best-Estimate keff for Uncertainty in ZPPR Plates
9:20–9:40AM EST
Veronica Karriem (ORNL), Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
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