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Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Page 0
Rapid Dose Rate Assessment of UK Radioactive Waste Transports to a Geological Disposal Facility Using a Hybrid Radiation Transport Code and Python Scripting Method
Matthew Thomson (Nuclear Transport Solutions), Jack Warrington (Nuclear Transport Solutions)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 10-12
Analysis of Second Target Station Target Removal Dose Rates
Tucker C. McClanahan (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 13-16
Surface Monitor Placement Analysis for STS Accelerator Personnel Protection System
Wouter C. de Wet (ORNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 17-20
COG 11.3 Validation for Shielding Applications
David P. Heinrichs (LLNL), Edward M. Lent (LLNL), Chuck K. Lee (LLNL), Soon S. Kim (LLNL), Jacob D. Glesmann (LLNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 21-23
Radiation Dose Assessment in Retrospective Dosimetry Using TRIPOLI-4® and Computational Phantoms
Yi-Kang Lee (CEA), Francois-Xavier Hugot (CEA)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 24-27
An Assessment of the Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm in the Deconvolution of Decaying Exponentials
Matthew A. Tinsley (NCSU), Robert B. Hayes (NCSU)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 30-32
Synthesis and Characterization of Inorganic Perovskite CsPbBr3 for Photon Detectors
Charles Han (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Monica Rivera (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Shea Tonkinson (Univ. New Mexico), Alexandria Ragsdale (Univ. New Mexico), Maya Narayanan Kutty (Univ. New Mexico), Joseph Martinez (Univ. New Mexico), Ganesh Balakrishnan (Univ. New Mexico), Adam Hecht (Univ. New Mexico), Alexander Barzilov (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 33-36
Advancing the MCNP Unstructured Mesh Calculations at ORNL's Second Target Station
Lukas Zavorka (ORNL), Kristel Ghoos (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL), Andrew Cooper (Silver Fir Software), Gregory Failla (Silver Fir Software)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 38-41
Novel Git-Based Approach for the Management and Development of Complex Radiation Transport Models
M. Fabbri (Fusion For Energy), A. Cubí (ATG Europe)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 42-44
Management of Nuclear Integration in Fusion Plant Design
Michael Loughlin (ORNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 45-47
Shielding Material Performance in a Spherical Tokamak Power Plant
Kamya Chandrasekhar (Tokamak Energy Ltd), Mayank Rajput (Tokamak Energy Ltd), Christopher L. Wilson (Tokamak Energy Ltd), Gurdeep Singh Kamal (Tokamak Energy Ltd)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 48-51
Neutronics Analysis and Shielding Optimization for Conceptual Design of IBTF TC Pipelines
Jisoo Bok (Hanyang Univ.), Chang Ho Shin (Hanyang Univ.), Ser Gi Hong (Hanyang Univ.), Do Hyun Kim (Korea Institute of Fusion Energy), Hyoseong Gwon (Korea Institute of Fusion Energy)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 52-54
Evaluation of Radiation Heating and Damage for the Design of Second Target Station Monolith Inserts
Thomas M. Miller (ORNL), Min-Tsung Kao (ORNL), Tucker C. McClanahan (ORNL), Vitaly Pronskikh (ORNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 56-59
Analysis of Second Target Station Target Streaming in Support of the Preliminary Design of the Target Assembly
Tucker C. McClanahan (ORNL), Ahmad Ibrahim (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 60-63
Residual Dose Rate Analysis for the Proton Beam Window Replacement at the Second Target Station
Kristel Ghoos (ORNL), Tucker McClanahan (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 64-67
Installation of the Neutralization Beam Energy Measurement (NBEM) System at LANSCE
C.E. Taylor (LANL), A.M. Alexander (LANL), E.C. Huang (LANL), M.J. Kay (LANL), C.A. Rohde (LANL), R.T. Thornton (LANL), H. Xu (LANL), H.L. Andrews (LANL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 68-71
Effects of Heteroskedastic Uncertainty on Optimal Dose Distributions for Additive Dose Methods in EPR Dosimetry
Melody G. Polk (NCSU), Robert B. Hayes (NCSU)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 76-80
Towards an Energy Deposition Tally in SCALE/MAVRIC
Cihangir Celik (ORNL), Andrew M. Holcomb (OECD NEA), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 81-84
Qualifying the Instrument Thimble 11 Position in the Advanced Test Reactor Critical
Dani G. Ottaway (INL), Kelly M. McCary (INL), Daren R. Norman (INL), Michael A. Reichenberger (INL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 85-88
The MADERE Platform: Update of the γ and X-Ray Activity Measurements Techniques
Nicolas Thiollay (CEA), Christophe Destouches (CEA), Christophe Domergue (CEA), David Tisseur (CEA)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 89-93
Update on the CEA Reactor Dosimetry Methodology Developed for Activity Analysis
Christophe Destouches (CEA), Nicolas Thiollay (CEA), Clément Fausser (CEA), Gilles Grégoire (CEA), David Tisseur (CEA)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 94-97
Overview of the Neutron Radiography Reactor (NRAD) for Neutron Imaging and In-Core Experiment Capabilities at Idaho National Laboratory
Peng Xu (INL), Aaron Craft (INL), Mike Ruddell (INL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 100-101
SCALE Shielding Calculations for Advanced Reactor Accident Scenarios
Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 102-105
Neutron Irradiation Potentials to Ascertain the Value of RAFM Steels in Thermal, Fast, and Fusion Reactors
Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL), Andrew Bascom (INL), Hanns Gietl (INL), Charles Hirst (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ross Radel (SHINE Technologies)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 106-109
Contributions of the Flexible Neutron Source at UTK to Radiation Protection and Shielding Modeling at Fission and Fusion Facilities
Vladimir Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Wes Hines (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Amanda Lewis (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxvilee), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 110-113
Facilities for Irradiation, Examination, and Education at the PULSTAR Reactor
M. Liu (NCSU), Z. Boulton (NCSU), Q. Cai (NCSU), N.C. Fleming (NCSU), E. Korobkina (NCSU), A. Wells (NCSU), A.I. Hawari (NCSU)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 114-117
A Numerical Investigation and Comparison of 26 Types of Concrete for Shielding in Proton Therapy Facilities
Po-Wen Fang (Nat'l Tsing Hua Univ.), Rong-Jiun Sheu (Nat'l Tsing Hua Univ.)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 120-123
Simplifying Radiation Transport Simulations with Cyclone Sage
Daniel Cork (Orthrus Software), Peter Taylor (Orthrus Software), John Billingsley (Cerberus Nuclear)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 124-127
Machine Learning in Accelerator Shielding: Application Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Rajarshi Pal Chowdhury (Michigan State), Juan Zamora (Michigan State), Tom Ginter (Michigan State), Georg Bollen (Michigan State)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 128-130
ADEPT -- Virtual Reality Visualization and Real-Time Calculation of Dose Rate Fields for Dose Planning
Anderson Alves (KINECTRICS), Eric Heritage (KINECTRICS), Matthew Smith (KINECTRICS)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 131-134
Predicting Solution Color in Solvent Extraction Using Machine Learning and Non-Traditional Sensor Measurements
Omobolade Odedoyin (John Hopkins University), Edna Cardenas (INL), Luis A. Ocampo Giraldo (INL), Mitchell R. Greenhalgh (INL), Jay D. Hix (INL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 135-138
Comparing Methodologies for Water Activation in Spallation Systems
Ahmad M. Ibrahim (ORNL), Tucker C. McClanahan (ORNL), Igor C. Remec (ORNL), Franz X. Gallmeier (ORNL), Don Montierth (ORNL), Irina Popova (ORNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 140-143
Shielding Analysis for Spallation Neutron Source Second Target Station Water Cooling Tanks
Ahmad M. Ibrahim (ORNL), Tucker C. McClanahan (ORNL), Igor C. Remec (ORNL), Don Montierth (ORNL), Franz X. Gallmeier (ORNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 144-147
Feasibility of Metal Oxide Infused Conformal Coating as Radiation Shielding for Small Satellites
Sam C. Hanson (NCSU), Patrick Hartwell (NCSU), Robert B. Hayes (NCSU)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 148-153
Attenuating the Martian Neutron and Photon Surface Environment with Optimized Multi-Layer Shielding Including Regolith Materials, Using GEANT4 and RayXpert/FASTRAD Codes
Gabin Charpentier (Centre National d'Études Spatiales), Cedric Dossat (TRAD - Tests & Radiations), Lucien Galy (TRAD - Tests & Radiations), Alexandre Cappe (TRAD - Tests & Radiations), Rémi Benacquista (TRAD - Tests & Radiations), Nathalie Chatry (TRAD - Tests & Radiations), Julien Mekki (Centre National d'Études Spatiales), Robert Ecoffet (Centre National d'Études Spatiales), Philippe Valet (Restore), Yves Gourinat (ISAE-SUPAERO)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 154-157
Tensile Testing of Metal Oxide Infused Conformal Coating for Space Electronics Shielding
Patrick J. Hartwell (NCSU), Samuel C. Hanson (NCSU), Robert B. Hayes (NCSU)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 158-163
Neutron Shielding Calculation with the ACE-FRENDY-CBZ Sequence and the VITAMIN-B7/BUGLE-B7 Group Structure
Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 166-169
On MCNP Stochastic Volume Estimation Normalization
Joel A. Kulesza (LANL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 170-173
Dose and Shielding Challenges within Sellafield Ltd Alpha Facilities
Erin Wilson (Sellafield), Frances Yates (Sellafield)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 178-181
Wasted Nuclear Products
Patrick Hartwell (NCSU), Robert Hayes (NCSU)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 182-185
Effective Communication of Radiological Risk
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 186-189
Assessment of Radiation Dose to Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Nada A. Alomairy (Jazan Univ.)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 190-193
A Monte Carlo-Based Path Tracing Framework for Voxelized Domains
Istiak Ahmad (Kansas State), Steven Eckels (Kansas State), Amir A. Bahadori (Kansas State)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 194-197
Radiation Dose Impact of an Overpack Storage Configuration for Plutonium Disposition
R. Blake Wilkerson (ORNL), Douglas E. Peplow (ORNL), Deanna Stimac (SRNL), Arzu Alpan (ORNL), Keith C. Bledsoe (ORNL), Robert E. Grove (ORNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 200-203
Interpolating Transported Flux Spectra from Monoenergetic Sources
Douglas E. Peplow (ORNL), Mathew W. Swinney (ORNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 204-207
Nontraditional Sensors for Aqueous Separation Research and Workforce Development
Luis A. Ocampo Giraldo (INL), Edna S. Cardenas (INL), Jay D. Hix (INL), James T. Johnson (INL), Cody M. Walker (INL), Kevin Lyon (INL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 208-209
Radiation Hot Spot Seasonal Variation on UF6 Cylinders
Brandon A. Wilson (ORNL), Douglas E. Peplow (ORNL), Keith C. Bledsoe (ORNL), Nathan D. See (ORNL), Ean S. Arnold (PNNL), Staci M. Herman (PNNL), Evan Warzecha (PNNL), Derrick R. Seiner (PNNL), Glenn A. Fugate (ORNL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 210-213
Shielding an Infrasound Sensor for INL's Fuel Conditioning Facility
Marcellus Boykin (Georgia Tech), Luis Ocampo Giraldo (INL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 214-217
Validation of Nuclear Data Using Broomstick Experiments in VR-1 Reactor
Michal Kostal (Research Center Rez), Zdeněk Matěj (Masaryk Univ.), Evzen Losa (Research Center Rez), Tomáš Czakoj (Research Center Rez), Stanislav Simakov (INR-KIT), Marek Zmeškal (Research Center Rez), Martin Schulc (Research Center Rez), Jan Šimon (Research Center Rez), Vojtěch Rypar (Research Center Rez), František Cvachovec (Masaryk Univ.), Filip Mravec (Masaryk Univ.), Václav Přenosil (Masaryk Univ.), Peter Krásný (Research Center Rez), Roberto Capote (IAEA)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 220-223
Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification in PWR Irradiation Ageing Like problems
Juan A. Monleon de la Lluvia (IRSN), Mariya Brovchenko (IRSN), Dimitri Rochman (Paul Scherrer Institute), Eric Dumonteil (CEA)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 224-228
Release of SOURCES4D Featuring Sensitivity Capabilities
Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 229-232
Beta-Delayed Gamma Radiation Benchmark for the ENDF/B-VIII.0 Decay Data Sub-Library
Z. Harris (Univ. Arkansas), B. Hill (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), S. Kim (Brookhaven), A. Mattera (Brookhaven), E.A. McCutchan (Brookhaven), O. Palaguachi (Colgate University), M. Seeley (Stony Brook University), A.A. Sonzogni (Brookhaven)
Proceedings | Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024) | Orlando, FL, November 17-21, 2024 | Pages 233-235