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Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|12:30–2:15PM EST |Fairchild
Session Chair:
Angela Chambers
Alternate Chair:
Marsha Henley
Session Organizer:
Douglas G. Bowen
Student Assistant:
Grace Stanke
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RPI LINAC Refurbishment and Upgrade Project
12:35–12:55PM EST
Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Peter Brand (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Michael Bretti (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Brian Epping (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Timothy Trumbull (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Paper
Low-Energy Reactions of the n+233U Nuclear Compound System and its Initial Validation
12:55–1:15PM EST
Marco T. Pigni (ORNL), Roberto Capote (IAEA), Andrej Trkov (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Preliminary RAM-RODD Results for the MUSiC Subcritical Configurations
1:15–1:35PM EST
Robert A. Weldon Jr. (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL), Joetta M. Goda (LANL), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL), William L. Myers (LANL), George E. McKenzie IV (LANL), Alexander T. McSpaden (LANL), Lauren A. Misurek (LANL), Rene G. Sanchez (LANL)
Design of Temperature-Dependent Critical Experiments with SPRF/CX
1:35–1:55PM EST
Justin B. Clarity (ORNL), Ryan C. Gallagher (ORNL), Mathieu N. Dupont (ORNL), Christopher W. Chapman (ORNL)
Photo Doppler Velocimetry and Gamma/Neutron Yield Measurements of Godiva-IV Critical Assembly
1:55–2:15PM EST
Lucas Snyder (LLNL), Dan Bower (LLNL), Robert Buckles (Nevada National Security Site), David Fittinghoff (LLNL), Joetta Goda (LANL), Mark May (LLNL), Michael Pena (Nevada National Security Site), John Scorby (LLNL)
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