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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Tennessee senators call on Trump to “rescue TVA from itself”
Hagerty
Blackburn
In a strongly worded opinion piece published by Power Magazine on March 24, Tennessee Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty call for new leadership at the Tennessee Valley Authority to jumpstart its small modular reactor program.
The GOP lawmakers are looking to President Donald Trump and Energy Secretary Chris Wright to overhaul TVA’s board of directors to drive America’s role in the nuclear renaissance. TVA is the first and only U.S. energy company to obtain an early site permit for a small modular reactor, but the utility has not progressed on physical deployment of a unit since the permit was awarded in 2019.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Advanced Modeling Applications
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|4:50–6:30PM EST
Session Chair:
Andrew Godfrey (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
David Kropaczek (ORNL)
Track Organizer:
Scott Palmtag (NCSU)
Staff Producer:
William Dawn (NC State Univ.)
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Davis-Besse Dosimetry Benchmark using VERA and SHIFT
Greg H. Hobson (Framatome Inc.), Herschel Smith (Framatome/BHI Energy)
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Evaluation of VERA Ex-Core Fluence Analysis Capabilities for Industry Applications
Dean B. Jones (TransWare Enterprises Inc.), Eva E. Davidson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Michael A. Burke (Electric Power Research Institute), Gary Stevens (Electric Power Research Institute), Terrill Massey (Electric Power Research Institute), Brenden T. Mervin (Electric Power Research Institute)
Benchmarking of Source Range Detector Responses during Watts Bar Unit 1 Refueling
Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Katherine E. Royston (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Tara M. Pandya (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Cole A. Gentry (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Gary Wolfram (Tennessee Valley Authority), Eva E. Davidson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Validation of Ex-Core Detector Response Calculations for Shearon Harris
Herschel Smith (Duke Energy Foundation), Katherine E. Royston (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Tara M. Pandya (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Eva E. Davidson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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