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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Thursday, December 2, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Columbia 11
Session Chair:
Luke A. Stegeman (Kansas State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Lawrence Heilbronn
Session Organizer:
Michael Lorne Fensin
Student Assistant:
Gary Garcia Montes
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Preliminary Material Property Characterization of Infused Conformal Coats for Shielding Application
1:05–1:25PM EST
Sam Hanson (NC State Univ.), Radek Pudelko (NC State Univ.), Robert B. Hayes (NC State Univ.)
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Evaluating Uncertainty in Shielding Worth of Metal Oxide Infused Conformal Coatings Using MCNP
1:25–1:45PM EST
Radek Pudelko (NC State Univ.), Sam Hanson (NC State Univ.), Robert B. Hayes (NC State Univ.)
Preliminary Work Towards In-Situ Sample Specific Dose Response Calibration for EPR Dosimetry
1:45–2:05PM EST
Fatma M. Abdelrahman (NC State Univ.), Robert B. Hayes (NC State Univ.)
Retrieval and Characterization of Plutonium-Beryllium Source For New Irradiation Facility
2:05–2:25PM EST
Codey Olson (Univ. of Utah), William Bates (Univ. of Utah), Edward Cazalas (Univ. of Utah)
Evaluation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory Health Physics Research Reactor Operation Data for Criticality Accident Alarm System Benchmark Creation
2:25–2:45PM EST
Mathieu N. Dupont (ORNL), Cihangir Celik (ORNL)
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