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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by RPD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Fantail
Session Chair:
Catherine M. Percher
Alternate Chair:
Theresa E. Cutler
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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The Prompt Fission Uranium Neutron Spectrum (PFUNS) Experiment: Critical Configurations and Irradiations
1:00–1:20PM EST
J. Hutchinson (LANL), T. Cutler (LANL), M. Gooden (LANL), T. Grove (LANL), J. Lee (LANL), D. Neudecker (LANL), R. Sanchez (LANL), N. Whitman (LANL), R. Weldon (LANL), N. Wynne (LANL)
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Gamma Neutron Correlated Noise of the EUCLID Critical Experiment
1:20–1:40PM EST
Cole Kostelac (LANL), Robert Weldon (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Ayodeji Alajo (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Chlorine Validation Through Critical Integral Experiments
1:40–2:00PM EST
Eric Aboud (LLNL), Allan Krass (LLNL), Ruby Araj (LLNL), Catherine Percher (LLNL), Daniel Siefman (LLNL), David Heinrichs (LLNL), Theresa Cutler (LANL)
Status of the CERBERUS Evaluation for the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) Handbook
2:00–2:20PM EST
Kelsey Amundson (LANL), Zachariah Lemke (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL)
Assessment of Measurement Uncertainties in the Jupiter High-240 Experiment
2:20–2:40PM EST
John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Alexander B. Brown (LANL), Joetta M. Goda (LANL), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL), Cole M. Kostelac (LANL), Geordie E. McKenzie (LANL), Alexander T. McSpaden (LANL), David C. Shepherd (LANL), Nicholas W. Thompson (LANL)
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