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Nuclear Criticality Safety
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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 RPD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Biscayne 1
Session Chair:
David Chandler (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Justin K. Watson (Univ. Florida)
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Plutonium-238 Production Sensitivity and Validation Studies Continued: Effects of Core Component Compositions
3:15–3:35PM EST
D. Chandler (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), K.M. Burg (ORNL), Y.E. Robert (ORNL)
Paper
Beryllium Reflector Experiment Effects on High Flux Isotope Reactor Performance Metrics
3:35–3:55PM EST
D. Chandler (ORNL)
Preliminary Analysis of Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) Fuel Performance in the MIT Reactor Fission Converter Experimental Facility
3:55–4:15PM EST
Caroline Sears (MIT), Jiankai Yu (MIT), Lin-Wen Hu (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT), Kyle Anderson (ANL), Valerio Mascolino (ANL), Erik H. Wilson (ANL)
SCALE Inventory and Reactivity Analysis as Part of the Hermes 2021 PSAR Review
4:15–4:35PM EST
Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Ben Betzler (Radiant), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
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Neutronic Simulation of Daily Load Following Operation in a PWR-Based SMR Core
4:35–4:55PM EST
Woo Jin Lee (Hanyang Univ.), Sung Hyun Cho (Hanyang Univ.), Ser Gi Hong (Hanyang Univ.)
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