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In an international industry, regulators cross the border too
Since nuclear physics works the same in Ontario as it does in Tennessee, the industry has been trying to create a reactor that can be deployed on both sides of the border. Now, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission have decided that some of their rulings can cross the border too.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|10:00–11:45AM EST
Session Chair:
Christopher M. Perfetti
Alternate Chair:
Vladimir Sobes
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Mich Leana (American Nuclear Society)
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Validation of MCNP Critical Benchmark Models of PU-MET-FAST-016
Robert H. Mendleski (Los Alamos National Lab), Kristina Y. Spencer (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Ethan Moll (Los Alamos National Lab), Raymond F. Sartor (Los Alamos National Lab), Jennifer L. Alwin (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Wim Haeck (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Paper
The Effect of ENDF/B-VIII.0 on Jezebel
Jeffrey A. Favorite (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Determining the Induced-Fission χ Matrix and Vector Using MCNP6.2
Sensitivity of Bondarenko Self-Shielded Cross Sections to Nuclide Densities in PARTISN
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