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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Full Issue 1
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Full Issue 2
Opening Plenary: Innovating Nuclear Power
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Special Sessions
ANS President's Session
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General Chair's Session
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Biology and Medicine: General
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Biology and Medicine
Parametric Study of X-ray Energy Modulation for Depth Sensitive Backscatter Imaging
Lucas M. Rolison, Kelly A. Jordan, Sanjiv S. Samant (Univ. Florida)
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Electron Beam Cherenkov Emission Measurements for Quality Assurance
William Chuirazzi, Richard Shawger, Ahmet S. Ayan, Jeffrey Woollard, Nilendu Gupta, Lei Caoa (Ohio State)
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Demonstration of a Correlation between Tumor Absorbed Dose and Response in Several Pediatric Tumor Xenografts Treated with Radioiodinated CLR1404 Alkyl-Phospholipid Ether
Bryan Bednarz, Ian Marsh, Dana C. Baiu, Alexander E. Boruch, Ankita Shahi De, Saswati Bhattacharya, Justin Jeffery, Qianqian Zhao, Lance Hall, Jamey Weichert, Mario Otto (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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Korean Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation for Korean Reactors
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Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences
Consideration for Implementing the Safety Regulation Plans on Permanent Shut-Down NPP during Transition Period in Korea
Yong Ki Chi, Kyungwoo Choi, (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
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Preliminary Dose Assessment during Dismantling Biological Shield of Kori Unit-1
Choong Wie Lee, Choong Wie Lee, HyungJun Kim, Donghyun Lee, Hee Reyoung Kim (UNIST)
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Preliminary Evaluation of Decontamination Agent and Ion Exchange Resin Requirements for System Decontamination of a Nuclear Power Plant
HakSoo KIM, Doo-Ho LEE, Deok-Ki KIM, Cho-Rong KIM (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.)
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Regulatory Consideration on Decommissioning Facilitation of Nuclear Power Plants in Korea
Kyung-woo Choi, Byung-il Kim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
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A New Graphical Dismantling Process Simulation Technology for Flexible Planning of Nuclear Facility
Byung-Seon Choi, Dongjun Hyun, Ikjune Kim, Jonghwan Lee, Jeikwon Moon (KAERI)
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Chemical Decontamination Performance of Radioactive Metal Surface Using HyBRID Process
Wangkyu Choi, Seonbyeong Kim, Sangyoon Park, Huijun Won, Jeikwon Moon (KAERI)
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Optimal Energy Strategies Aimed at Sustainable Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Panel-I
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Optimal Energy Strategies Aimed at Sustainable Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Panel-II
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Environmental Challenges and Lessons Learned from Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities in California - Panel
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Focus on Communications: Telling the Nuclear Story Through Digital and Social Media-Panel-I
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Education, Training, and Workforce Development
Focus on Communications: Building Strong Networks for Clean Energy Advocacy-Panel-II
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Backend of the Fuel Cycle for Small Modular Reactors-Panel
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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management
Recycle and Reuse of Used Nuclear Fuel Resources
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Engineering Scale Development/Demonstration of Zirconium Recovery from Used Fuel Cladding
E. D. Collins, G. D. DelCul, J. A. Johnson, T. D. Hylton, R. D. Hunt, B. B. Spencer, E. C. Bradley (ORNL)
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Characterization of the Chlorination Products of Zirconium Alloys used for Nuclear Fuel Cladding
Rosendo Borjas Nevarez (Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas)
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Purification of Zirconium Tetrachloride (ZrCl4) from UNF Cladding - A Progress Report
Craig Barnes, (Univ. Tenn), Guillermo (Bill) Daniel DelCul (ORNL), David F. McLaughlin (Westinghouse), Michael Orick, Ales Styskalik (Univ. Tenn)
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Computational Studies of Gas Phase Reactions of Zirconium Tetrachloride (ZrCl4) and Metal Chloride Impurities
Michael Orick, Ales Styskalik (Univ. Tenn.), Guillermo (Bill) Daniel DelCul (ORNL), David F. McLaughlin (Westinghouse), Craig Barnes (Univ. Tenn.)
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Adsorption of Chlorine on Zr(0001) Surface: First-Principles Predictions
Eunja Kim (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), Philippe F. Weck (SNL), Rosendo Borjas, Frederic Poineau (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
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Removal of Tritium from the Gaseous Effluents Produced by the Recovery of Zirconium from Used Fuel Cladding
S. H. Bruffey, B. B. Spencer, G. D. DelCul (ORNL)
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Tritium Management Requirements and Approaches for UNF Reprocessing
Robert T. Jubin, Barry B. Spencer (ORNL)
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Modulation of Tetravalent Actinide Oxalate Morphology through Organic Compounds
Blaise Haidon, Benedicte Arab-Chapelet (CEA Marcoule), Pascal Roussel (UCCS-UMR), Thibaud Delahaye, Murielle Bertrand (CEA Marcoule), Stephane Grandjean (CEA), Murielle Rivenet (UCCS-UMR)
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Long-Term Once-Through Fuel Cycles-From Seawater Uranium to Breed and Burn
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Uranium from Seawater Cost Analysis: Recent Updates
Margaret Flicker Byers, Erich Schneider (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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Cost Analysis of Wind and Uranium from Seawater Acquisition symBiotic Infrastructure using Shell Enclosures
Maha N. Haji (MIT), Margaret E. Flicker Byers, Erich A. Schneider (Univ. Texas, Austin), Alexander H. Slocum (MIT)
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Use of NAA to Detect Uptake of Uranium and other Elements in Adsorbents
Sebastian Eder, Margaret Byers, Erich Schneider (University of Texas at Austin)
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Assessment of Near-Breeding Heterogeneous Seed/Blanket Cores in Pressure-Tube Heavy Water Reactors with Thorium-Based Fuels
A. V. Colton, B. P. Bromley, S. Golesorkhi (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)
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Waste Management, Ethics, and Resilience-Professor Joonhong Ahn's Legacy
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Integrated Modeling and Monitoring Technologies for Environmental Resiliency in Nuclear Energy
Haruko M. Wainwright (LBNL), Franziska Schmidt (Univ. California, Berkeley), Boris Faybishenko (LBNL)
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Used Nuclear Fuel Management in Asia
Jor-Shan Choi (Univ. California, Berkeley)
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The Criticality Safety Studies of Joonhong Ahn
Alex Salazar, Milos Atz, Xudong Liu, Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)
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Effect of Socio-Political Factors in Nuclear Power Development in Multi-National Framework
Viet Phuong Nguyen, Man-Sung Yim (Korea Adv. Institute of Science & Tech)
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Innovation Opportunities in Future Fuel Cycles-Panel
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University Research in Fuel Cycle and Waste Management-I
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A New Group Crystallization Approach in Used Nuclear Fuel Recycling: A Look at Fission Product Behaviors
Andrew J. Wilcox (Texas A&M Univ.), Bruce A. Moyer (ORNL), Jonathan D. Burns (Texas A&M Univ.)
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Elevated Temperature Alpha Spectroscopy with Nickel-Platinum 4H-SiC Schottky Diodes
Joshua Jarrell, Eric Moore, Thomas Blue, Lei Cao (Ohio State)
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Chabazite Zeolite Membranes for Krypton/Xenon Separation: Control of Membrane Properties and Process Modeling
Yeon Hye Kwon, Byunghyun Min, Christine Kiang (Georgia Tech.), Ramesh Bhave (ORNL), Sankar Nair (Georgia Tech.)
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Aging Processes of Silver Mordenite and Silver Functionalized Aerogel in Dry Air, Humid Air, and NO/N2
Yue Nan, Seungrag Choi (Syracuse Univ.), Austin Ladshaw, Sotira Yiacoumi (Georgia Tech.), Costas Tsouris (Georgia Tech/ORNL), David DePaoli (ORNL), Lawrence L. Tavlarides (Syracuse Univ.)
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Effect of Moisture on the Adsorption of Iodine and Krypton in Multicomponent Streams on the 10 WT% C/ETS-10 Sorbent
Kai M. Coldsnow, Sachin U. Nandanwar, Austin Porter, Vivek Utgikar (Univ. Idaho), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), D. Eric Aston (Univ. Idaho)
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Nuclear Fuel Cycle Simulator as a Means to Model a Nuclear Hybrid Energy System
Emma K. Redfoot, R. A. Borrelli (Univ. Idaho)
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Energy Conversion Loop: Process Heat Applications of Hybrid Energy System
Kelley M. Verner, Lee T. Ostrom (Univ. Idaho), Michael G. McKellar (INL)
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University Research in Fuel Cycle and Waste Management-II
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Effects of GdCl3 on U Electrochemical Properties in LiCl-KCl-UCl3-GdCl3 Salt
Dalsung Yoon, Supathorn Phongikaroon (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Electrochemical and Thermodynamic Properties of U in LiCl-KCl-UCl3 Salt System
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Electrochemical Behavior of Lanthanum in Molten LiF-NaF-KF "Flinak" Eutectic Salt
Ryan Chesser, Shaoqiang Guo, Jinsuo Zhang (Virginia Tech Univ.)
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Electrochemical Study of BaCl2 and CsCl on a Liquid Bismuth Cathode in LiCl-KCl Eutectic Salt
Michael Woods, Supathorn Phongikaroon (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Development of a Small Liquid Sodium Purification Loop
James Schneider, William K. Nollet (Fort Lewis College)
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Ion Exchange of LiCl-KCl in H-Y Zeolite for Dechlorination of Electrorefiner Salt Waste Forms
Manish Wasnik, Krista Carlson, Michael Simpson (Univ. Utah)
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Normal Pulse Voltammetry for Real Time Analysis of Electrorefiner Salt with High Concentrations of Analytes
Chao Zhang, Michael F. Simpson (Univ. Utah)
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Electrochemical Separation for Used Nuclear Fuels
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Separation of Actinides from Lanthanides in Molten Fluorides by the Modulated-Current Electrolysis
Martin Straka, Lorant Szatmary (UJV Rez, a.s.)
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Nuclear Material Monitoring in Molten Salt Systems using Cyclic Voltammetry
Vickram Singh, Dev Chidambaram (Univ. Nevada, Reno)
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Electrochemical Sensor Development for Fluoride Molten Salt Redox Control
Nikolas Shay, Shaoqiang Guo, Jinsuo Zhang (Ohio St.Univ.)
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First-Principles-Based Computational Study on Nucleation and Growth Mechanisms of U on Mo(110) Surface Solvated in an Eutectic LiCl-KCl Molten Salt
Choah Kwon, Joonhee Kang, Byungchan Han (Yonsei Univ.)
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Effect of Concentration, Temperature, and Interelectrode Gap on Voltage Drop in Electrochemical System of GdCl3-LiCl-KCl
Hunter Andrews, Supathorn Phongikaroon (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General-I
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Economic Module Development for the Fuel Cycle Simulation Tool CLASS
Federico Casella (Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble & Instituto Balseiro/Centro Atómico Bariloche), Adrien Bidaud (Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble), Nicolas Thiollière (CNRS Univ.)
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Exploring the Use of Muon Momentum for Detection of Nuclear Material Within Shielded Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Casks
S. Chatzidakis, P. A. Hausladen, S. Croft, J. A. Chapman, J. J. Jarrell, J. M. Scaglione (ORNL), C. K. Choi, L. H. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.)
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On the Use of Ionic Liquids for the Recycling of the Contaminated Material
Martin Straka (UJV Rez, a.s.)
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Preliminary Analysis of Facility Design for Pyroprocessing Safeguardability
R. A. Borrelli, Malachi Tolman, Jieun Lee (Univ. Idaho)
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Major Considerations on the Nuclear Material Accounting of PB-HTR Commercial Plants
Bing XIA, Ding SHE, Chunlin WEI, Jiong GUO, Jian ZHANG, Fu LI, Liguo ZHANG, Zaizhe YIN (Tsinghua Univ.)
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Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General-II
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Conceptual Design of Decontamination System for Radioactive Contaminated Water with Microalgae
Dohyung Kim, Wooyong Kim, Unjang Lee (ORION ENC Co. Ltd.), Seung-Yop Lee (Sogang Univ.)
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Sorption of Cobalt from Aqueous Solutions by Polystyrene-Graphene Oxide Composite Material
Zdeňka Tomášová, Mária Bubeníková (UJV Rez, a.s.), Petra Ecorchard (Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the AS CR)
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Initial Shipment of MNSR Reactor HEU Spent Nuclear Fuel from Ghana to China
John Dewes (SRNL), Kwame Aboh, Henry Odoi (National Nuclear Research Inst.), Igor Bolshinsky (INL), Sándor Tózsér (IAEA)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 212-217
Chemical Consequence Analysis and Atmospheric Dispersion Coefficients under DOE-STD-3009-2014 Nuclear Safety Analysis
Roger D. Lanning (Bechtel Inc.)
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Integrated Used Fuel Storage Sites
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SNF Data Visualization on the Centralized Used Fuel Resource for Information Exchange (CURIE) Website
Robert Anthony Joseph, Aaron Myers, Joshua Jarrell, Joshua Peterson, Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 225-228
Estimating Public Dose Along Hypothetical Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Routes
Kevin J. Connolly (ORNL)
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Experimental Evaluation of an Oxidizing Hazard in the Presence of Sorbents
J. F. Lucchini, B. A. Crawford, C. J. Chancellor, C. Poulos, T. Hayes (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 233-234
Should WIPP Resume Unfiltered Discharge of Underground Ventilation?
P. Thakur, H. Khaing, R. Hardy (Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring & Research Center)
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Neutronics Challenges of Fusion Facilities-I
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Fusion Energy
Simulation of the Prompt Dose Environment in the NIF during High Yield Shots
Hesham Y. Khater, Sandra Brereton (LLNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 243-246
Overview of Nuclear Integration Activities for Mitigation of Radiation Loads to ITER Superconducting Magnets
Raul Pampin, Dieter Leichtle, Marco Fabbri (Fusion for Energy), Rafael Juarez, Aljaz Kolsek (UNED), Michael Loughlin, Neil Mitchell, Eduard Polunovskiy (ITER), Shanliang Zheng (CCFE)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 247-250
Investigations into Alternative Radiation Transport Codes for ITER Neutronics Analysis
Andrew Turner (UK Atomic Energy Authority)
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Development of the Advanced D1S for Shutdown Dose Rate Calculations in Fusion Reactors
Rosaria Villari, Davide Flammini, Fabio Moro (ENEA), Luigino Petrizzi (European Commission)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 255-258
Development of Fusion Neutronics Methodology, Software, and Testing Facility in FDS Team
Yican Wu, Jing Song, Pengcheng Long, Liqin Hu, Chao Liu, FDS Team (Inst. Nuclear Energy Safety Tech., Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 259-260
Neutronics Challenges of Fusion Facilities-II
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Integration of the ITER Tokamak C-model with the Building Model
Jinan Yang, Stephen C. Wilson, Scott W. Mosher (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 263-264
Calculation of Activated Water Radiation Maps in ITER
Shrichand Jakhar, Michael Loughlin (ITER Organization)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 265-267
How to Reduce Shutdown Dose Rates in ITER Diagnostics Equatorial Ports
R. Juarez (UNED), J. Guirao (ITER Organization), A. Kolsek (UNED), M. Kochergin (Fircroft Engineering Services Ltd.), G. Pedroche, A. J. López-Revelles (UNED), V. Udintsev, L. Bertalot (ITER Organization), M. Ivantsky (Budker Inst. of Nuclear Physics), A. Zonkov, A. Alexandrov (Project Center ITER), J. Sanz (UNED), M. Walsh (ITER Organization)
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ITER Neutronic Challenges for Upper Port 14
Jonathan P. Klabacha, Brian C Linn, Russell E. Feder (PPPL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 272-274
Neutronics Analysis for ITER Diagnostic Generic Upper Port Plug
A. Serikov (KIT), L. Bertalot (ITER Organization), U. Fischer (KIT), R. Juarez (ETSII-UNED), M. Walsh (ITER Organization)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 275-278
Fusion Energy Applications
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Study of Tritium Transport in Nuclear Grade Graphite and Molten Fluoride Salt Systems
Huali Wu, Ruchi Gakhar (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Cristian Contescu (ORNL), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 281-284
Tersoff Benchmarking of Be-C-H Interatomic Potential
Aws Al-Shalash, Abdullah Weiss, Xue Yang (Texas A&M Univ., Kingsville)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 285-286
Theoretical Calculation and Simulation Studies of Balancing Forces and Axisymmetric Poloidal Halo Current in EAST
Shahab Ud-Din Khan (COMSATS/CAS), Salah Ud-Din Khan (King Saud Univ.), Farooq Ahmed Shah, Kainaat Ashraf, Sehrish Bibi, Rubab Gull (COMSATS)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 287-289
Human Factors, Instrumentation and Controls: General-I
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Human Factors, Instrumentation, and Controls
Determination of a Generic Human Error Probability Distribution, Part 1: A Dynamic Formulation of SPAR-H
Sarah M. Ewing, Kateryna Savchenko, Diego Mandelli, Ronald Boring (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 295-298
Determination of a Generic Human Error Probability Distribution, Part 2: A Dynamic SPAR-H Example Application
Sarah M. Ewing, Ronald Boring, Diego Mandelli, Kateryna Savchenko (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 299-302
Development of Performance Validation Tool for the NPCS for APR1400
See Chae Jeong, In Ho Song, Gyu Cheon Lee (KEPCO E&C), Ha Young Lim, Mun O Heo (KHNP)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 303-305
Nuclear Power Plant Control Room Modernization - Simulation Based Design
Bruce Hallbert, Bahram Meyssami, Sean Fuller (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 306
Feasibility of Applying a Human Bio-Signals Monitoring System to Minimize Insider Threats
Young A. Suh, Man-Sung Yim (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 307-309
Human Factors, Instrumentation and Controls: General-II
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 311
Cybersecurity Vulnerability Assessment Methodologies for Nuclear Power Plants
John Peterson, Michael Haney, R. A. Borrelli (Univ. Idaho)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 313-316
Introduction of Diverse Manual Actuation Design for APR1400
Wonwook Kim, Byung-Soo Cho, Ki-hyung Kim, Jong-Jae Choi (KEPCO E&C)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 317-320
Examining Two-Phase Flow with Optical Sensors
James Schneider (Fort Lewis College), Darius D. Lisowski (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 321-324
Increasing ROI Using Your Digital Twin for Model Based Engineering
Scott Zepplin (GSE Performance Solutions Inc.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 325-326
Isotopes and Radiation: General
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 329
Isotopes and Radiation
Investigation of Scintillator Based Partial Defect Detector for Safeguarding Spent Fuel Assemblies
Haneol Lee, Man-Sung Yim (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 331-333
Preprocessing Analysis of the Multi Isotope Process Monitor
Nathan Gilliam, Jamie Coble (Univ. Tenn., Knoxville), David Meier (PNNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 334-337
Developing a GUM Compliant Uncertainty Approach for NDA Gamma Analysis Using FRAM
Jung H. Rim, Donivan R. Porterfield (LANL), Michael D. Yoho (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 338-339
Resonance Self-Shielding Impact on Neutron Spectrum Determination for Missouri S&T Reactor
Meshari AL Qahtani, Ayodeji B. Alajo (Missouri Univ. of Sci. and Technol., Rolla)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 340-342
Helicon-Injected Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Neutron Source or Space Propulsion Device
George H. Miley, Drew Ahern (Univ. Illinois, Champaign-Urbana)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 343-344
Nuclear Science User Facilities: Fuels Work-I
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 347
Materials Science and Technology
Microanalysis of Irradiated Metallic Hydride Nuclear fuel (U0.17 ZrH1.6) Fuels
Michele Conroy, Edgar C. Buck (PNNL), Mehdi Balooch (Univ. California, Berkeley), Andrew M. Casella (PNNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 349-351
The Characterization of Microstructure and Chemistry of Transmutation Fuels
Assel Aitkaliyeva (INL/Univ. Florida), Cynthia A. Papesch (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 352-353
Hydride Microstructure at the Metal-Oxide Interface of a Zircaloy-4 Fuel Clad from the H. B. Robinson Nuclear Reactor
M. Nedim Cinbiz, Philip D. Edmondson, Kurt Terrani (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 354-356
Fission Product and Actinide Distribution in the Sic Layer of Fissioned Triso Fuel Particles
Rachel L. Seibert (IIT), Tyler J. Gerczak, J. Hunn, C. Baldwin, F. Montgomery, K. Leonard, L. Terrani (ORNL), Jeff Terry (IIT)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 357-358
Microstructure Investigations of U3Si2 Irradiated by Heavy Ions at LWR Temperatures
Yinbin Miao (ANL), Jason Harp (INL), Kun Mo (ANL), Sumit Bhattacharya (Northwestern Univ.), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 359-360
Microstructural Characterization of Irradiated U0.17ZrH1.6 Using Ultrasonic Techniques
Pradeep Ramuhalli, Richard Jacob, Paul J. MacFarlan, Andrew M. Casella (PNNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 361-364
Nuclear Science User Facilities: Ion Beam and NSUF Capabilities -II
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 365
Application of NSUF Capabilities Towards Understanding the Emulation of High Dose Neutron Irradiations with Ion Beams
K. G. Field (ORNL), S. Taller (Univ. Michigan), C. J. Ulmer (Penn State), Z. Jiao (Univ. Michigan), T. A. Saleh (LANL), A. T. Motta (Penn State), G. S. Was (Univ. Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 367-368
Neutron and Ion Irradiation Studies on Advanced Steels Using the Nuclear Science User Facilities
Xiang Liu (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Yinbin Miao, Wei-Ying Chen (ANL), Yaqiao Wu (Boise State), Meimei Li (ANL), James F. Stubbins (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 369-370
Microstructural Evolution of NF709 Steel under In-situ Ion Irradiations at Room Temperature to 600 °C
Chi Xu (Univ. Florida & ANL), Meimei Li, Mark Kirk, Peter Baldo (ANL), Yong Yang (Univ. Florida)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 371-372
Materials Characterization using the Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation (CSRRI), a NSUF Partner Facility
Rachel Seibert, Daniel Velazquez, Zhengrong Lee, Jeff Terry (IIT)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 373-374
In Situ Experimental Capabilities and Results from the X-ray Powder Diffraction Beamline
David J. Sprouster, Mohamed S. Elbakhshwan, S. K. Gill, Lynne E. Ecker (BNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 375-376
Nuclear Science User Facilities Irradiation Capabilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Christian Petrie, Joel McDuffee, Nesrin Cetiner, Richard Howard, Padhraic Mulligan (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 377-380
Nuclear Science User Facilities: Structural Materials-III
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 381
Microstructure of In-Core Molten Salt Corrosion Hastelloy N® and 316 Stainless Steel
G. Zheng, D. Carpenter, M. Ames, G. Kohse, L. Hu (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 383-385
Post Irradiation Examination of SiC Tube Subjected to Simultaneous Irradiation and Radial High Heat Flux
Takaaki Koyanagi, Yutai Katoh, Christian M. Petrie, (ORNL), Christian P. Deck (General Atomics), Kurt A. Terrani (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 386-388
Correlation Between Irradiation Defects and Transition Dimension for TEM In Situ Mechanical Testing
Kayla H. Yano (Boise St. Univ.), Priyam V. Patki (Purdue Univ.), Matthew J. Swenson (Boise St. Univ.), Janelle P. Wharry (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 389
Irradiation Response of the Ferrite Phase in CF3 Cast Stainless Steel
Yong Yang, Zhangbo Li (Univ. Florida)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 390-391
Neutron Irradiation of Nuclear Structural Materials Fabricated by Powder Metallurgy with Hot Isostatic Pressing
Donna P. Guillen (INL), Janelle P. Wharry (Purdue Univ.), David W. Gandy (EPRI)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 392-393
Post Irradiation Examination of Fast Neutron Irradiated 14YWT Tubes at Nuclear Science User Facilities
T. A. Saleh (LANL), D. L. Krumwiede (Univ. California, Berkeley), E. Aydogan, M. E. Quintana, T. J. Romero (LANL), P. Hosemann (Univ. California, Berkeley), S. A. Maloy (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 394-395
Accident Tolerant Fuels
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 397
Multi-Functional Zirconium-Silicide Coatings on Zirconium-alloy for Improved Accident Tolerance
Hwasung Yeom, Hangjin Jo, Benjamin Maier, Michael Corradini, Kumar Sridharan (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gi Cheol Lee, Hyunwoo Noh, Tong Kyun Kim, Moo Hwan Kim, Hyun Sun Park (Pohang Univ. of Sci. and Technol.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 399-402
Interdiffusion Behavior of U3Si2 and FeCrAl via Diffusion Couple Studies
Rita Hoggan, Jason Harp, Lingfeng He (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 403-406
A Modified Embedded-Atom Method Interatomic Potential for U-Si
Benjamin Beeler (INL), Michael Baskes (LANL & Unic. California, San Diego & Mississippi St. Univ), David Andersson (LANL), Yongfeng Zhang (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 407-409
Pressure Loading with In-Situ Permeability Measurement of SiC Ceramic Matrix Composite Tube
K.S. Shapovalov, G.M. Jacobsen, G. Vasudevamurthy, C.P. Deck (General Atomics)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 410-412
Accident Tolerant Fuel Cladding Tube Irradiations in the HFIR
Christian M. Petrie, Kurt A. Terrani, Yutai Katoh (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 413-416
Oxidation of Advanced Steel Cladding Alloys in Extreme Environments
Mohamed Elbakhshwan, Simerjeet K. Gill, Abdul Rumaiz (BNL), Clive Clayton, Michael Cuiffo (Stony Brook Univ.), Raul Rebak (General Electric), Lynne E. Ecker (BNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 417-418
Improvements to Modeling Capabilities of ATF Concepts in the BISON Fuel Performance Code
Kyle A. Gamble, Danielle M. Perez, Jason D. Hales (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 419-421
Estimation of Core Recovery Time with TRACE
Anil Gurgen, Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 422-425
Post Irradiation Examination and Advanced Measurement Techniques-I
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 427
Neutron Irradiation Effects on Thermal and Mechanical Properties of NITE-SiC
Kurt Terrani, Caen Ang, Takaaki Koyanagi, Wallace Porter (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 429-430
Precipitation of Epsilon Particles in Metal Doped Ceria Irradiated with Energetic Ions
Weilin Jiang, Michele Conroy, Ram Devanathan (PNNL), Caitlin Taylor, Khalid Hattar (SNL), Johnathan Gigax, Lin Shao (Texas A&M)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 431-434
Tungsten Foils and Composites for Fusion Applications - Mechanical Testing
Jeremy Moon (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Lauren Garrison (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 435-437
The Plan for Post-Irradiation Examination of Zion Reactor Pressure Vessel Beltline Materials
Mikhail A. Sokolov, Thomas M. Rosseel, Randy K. Nanstad, Xiang Chen (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 438-440
Preliminary Analysis of Damage to MPFDs Caused by Reactor Pulses
Mark J. Harrison, Michael A. Reichenberger, Daniel M. Nichols, Douglas S. McGregor, Jeremy A. Roberts (Kansas St. Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 441-443
Post-Irradiation Examination for Conventional and Advanced Nuclear Fuel
V. V. Rondinella, T. A. G. Wiss, D. Papaioannou, S. Bremier, D. Bottomley, D. Staicu, P. Pöml, M. Marchetti, F. Cappia (European Commission, JRC)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 444-445
Comparison of Thermal Diffusivity Degradation of Irradiated Zirlo and SiC-SiC Composite
Zilong Hua (Utah St. Univ.), Shuyan Kong, Peng Yan, Yanhong Liu (State Power Investment Corporation Central Research Institute), Yuefang Dong (Utah St. Univ.), Haihong Xia (State Power Investment Corporation Central Research Institute), Heng Ban (Utah St. Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 446-448
Post Irradiation Examination and Advanced Measurement Techniques-II
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 449
Steam Corrosion Investigation of Single Silicon Carbide Nanostructures
Md. Ruhul Amin Shikder, Arunkumar Subramanian (Univ. Illinois at Chicago), Gokul Vasudevamurthy, Christian P. Deck (General Atomics)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 451-452
Nondestructive Evaluation of Alkali-Silica Reaction in High-Strength Concrete for Aging Structures Sustainability
Alexander Heifetz, Sasan Bakhtiari, Juan Lu, (ANL), Anthony Bentivegna (Construction Technology Laboratory)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 453-456
Evaluation of Optical Fiber Bragg Gratings in a Nuclear Reactor
Brandon A. Wilson, Tony Birri, Thomas E. Blue (Ohio State)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 457-460
Optimization of Silica Optical Fiber for High Temperature, Radiation Environments
Brandon A. Wilson, Kelly M. McCary, Thomas E. Blue (Ohio State)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 461-464
Helium Irradiation Tolerance of Ti3SiC2 MAX Phase Material
Hongliang Zhang, Ranran Su, Liqun Shi (Fudan Univ.), D. J. O'Connor (Univ. Newcastle)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 465-467
Deposition of Ti2AlC Thin Film
Ranran Su, Hongliang Zhang, Liqun Shi (Fudan Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 468-471
Neutron Generator Driven Active Nuclear Fuel Scanner
Ross Radel, Mark Thomas, Chris Seyfert, Evan Sengbusch, Eli Moll (Phoenix Nuclear Labs)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 472-474
Nuclear Fuels
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 475
A Theoretical Investigation of the Chemical Behaviour of Irradiated U-Mo/Mg Fuel
M. H. A. Piro (Univ. Ontario Inst. Technol.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 477-478
Coupling Experiments and Simulations to Understand Metallic Fuel Behavior
Assel Aitkaliyeva (INL/Univ. Florida), Cynthia Papesch (INL), Michael Tonks (Penn State)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 479-480
Uniaxial Ratcheting and Fatigue Failure of SA508-3 at Elevated Temperature
Jun Tian, Yu Yang (Nuclear Power Institute of China), Qianhua Kan (Southwest Jiaotong Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 481-482
Effect of Interaction Layer and U-Mo Size on Pore Growth in U-Mo/Al Fuel
Gwan Yoon Jeong (UNIST), Yeon Soo Kim (ANL), Dong-Seong Sohn (UNIST)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 483-484
Small-Scale Mechanical Testing of UO2
D. Frazer (Univ. California, Berkeley), B. Shaffer, K. Roney, H. Lim, B. Gong, P. Peralta (Arizona St. Univ.), P. Hosemann (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 485-487
Correlation between Grain Size Distribution and Grain Boundary Character in Polycrystalline Uranium Dioxide
K. Rudman, B. Shaffer, H. Lim, R. Mcdonald, P. Peralta (Arizona St. Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 488-491
Effect of Recrystallization on Gas Bubble Swelling in UMo Fuels
Shenyang Hu, Curt A. Lavender, Vineet Joshi (PNNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 492-495
Nuclear Fuels and Materials in Fast Reactors
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 497
A Phase-Field Model for the U-Pu-Zr System
Jacob Hirschhorn (Penn. State), Assel Aitkaliyeva, (Univ. Florida, INL), Cynthia Papesch (INL), Michael Tonks (Penn. State)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 499-500
A Potential Mechanism for Lanthanide Transport in Metallic Fuels
Cetin Unal, C. Matthews (LANL), L. Xiang, J. Isler, J. Zhang (Ohio State), J. Galloway (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 501-503
Advanced Simulation Aided Metallic Fuel Design
C. Matthews, J. Galloway, C. Unal (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 504-506
Evaluation of the Thermophysical Properties and Microstructure of UPu24Zr15 Metallic Fuel
Scott Middlemas, Cynthia A. Papesch (INL), Assel Aitkaliyeva (INL/Univ. Florida)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 507
Phase Verification and Thermophysical Properties Evaluation of Pu-Zr Alloys
Cynthia Papesch (INL), Assel Aitkaliyeva (INL/Univ. Florida), Scott Middlemas (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 508-509
Statistical Analysis in Support of Fuel Temperature Control in the Advanced Gas Reactor Experiments
Binh T. Pham, Nancy J. Lybeck, Grant L. Hawkes, Jeffrey J. Einerson (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 510-513
Serrated Yielding in Alloy 709 at 500 °C
A. S. Alomari, N. Kumar, K. L. Murty (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 514-516
Advanced Manufacturing
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 517
Design and Test of Self-Lubricating Bearing for High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor
Qinzhao Zhang, Hong Wang (Tsinghua Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 519
Understanding Manufacturing Scale-Up of Plasma Sprayed Zr Barrier Coatings on U-10Mo Fuels
Dustin R. Cummins, Kendall J. Hollis, Cheng Liu, James A. Valdez, David E. Dombrowski (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 520-522
Research of Materials and Components for Molten Salt Reactors
Martina Koukolíková, Peter Sláma, Zbyšek Nový (COMTES FHT Inc.), Pavel Svoboda, Petr Toman (MICo Ltd.), Martin Mareček, Jan Uhlíř (Research Centre Rez)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 523-526
Current Issues in Computational Methods-Roundtable
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 529
Mathematics and Computation
Monte Carlo Methods
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 531
Variance Estimation in Monte Carlo Eigenvalue Simulations Using Spectral Analysis Method
Jin Lei (Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi), Kaushik Banerjee, Steven P. Hamilton, Gregory G. Davidson (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 533-535
Error Convergence Characterization for Stochastic Transport Methods
Aaron Olson (SNL), Anil K. Prinja (Univ. New Mexico), Brian C. Franke (SNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 536-539
A Comparison of the FW-CADIS and MR-CADIS Variance Reduction Methods
Douglas E. Peplow (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 540-543
Spherical Kernel Density Estimators For Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Problems
Timothy P. Burke, Brian C. Kiedrowski, William R. Martin (Univ. Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 544-547
Implementation of Weighted Delta-Tracking with Scattering in the Serpent 2 Monte Carlo Code
J. S. Rehak (Univ. California, Berkeley), L. M. Kerby (INL, Idaho State), M. D. DeHart (INL), R. N. Slaybaugh (Univ. California, Berkeley), J. Leppänen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 548-551
Advancement of Functional Expansion Tallies Capabilities in Serpent 2
Brycen Wendt, Leslie Kerby (Idaho St. Univ. & INL), Aaron Tumulak (LANL), Jaakko Leppänen (VTT Technical Research Centre Finland), Mark DeHart (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 552-555
Computational Methods and Mathematical Modeling
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 557
Determining Physical Parameters of Shielded Uranium using Gamma Spectroscopy and the DiffeRential Evolution Adaptive Metropolis (DREAM) Method
Justin R. Knowles, Keith C. Bledsoe, Jordan P. Lefebvre, Matthew A. Jessee (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 559-562
Solving Inverse Transport Problems with Neutron Multiplication Measurements and Improved Differential Evolution
Keith C. Bledsoe, Jordan P. Lefebvre, Justin R. Knowles (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 563-566
Addressing Over-Solving in Multiphysics Codes with Nested Solvers
Jaron P. Senecal, Wei Ji (Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 567-569
Flux in a 1D-Reactor Cell by Response Matrix
B. D. Ganapol (Univ. Arizona), D. W. Nigg, D. S. Crawford (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 570-573
Investigation of Xenon Oscillations via Point Kinetics
B. Ganapol (Univ. Arizona), F. Gleicher, R. Martineau (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 574-577
Recovering Topology of Nested Volumes Represented by Single Closed Surfaces
Chelsea A. D'Angelo, Andrew Davis, Paul P. H. Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 578-581
Analysis of the VERA Core Physics Benchmark Problems using cosRMC Code
Yao Qin, Hui Yu, Guoping Quan, Yixue Chen (State Nuclear Power Software Development Center)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 582-584
The Parareal Method for Solving Space-Dependent Neutron Kinetics Equations in Hexagonal-z Geometry
Yun Cai (Tsinghua Univ. & Nuclear Power Institute of China), Jingjing Hou (Nuclear Power Operation Management Co.), Xingjie Peng, Qing Li (Nuclear Power Institute of China), Kan Wang (Tsinghua Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 585-588
Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis-I
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 589
Application of Polynomial Chaos Expansion in One-Dimensional Inverse Transport Problems
Keith C. Bledsoe, Matthew A. Jessee, Jordan P. Lefebvre (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 591-594
Second-Order Uncertainty Analysis for Radiation Shielding Problems Using MCNP
Jeffrey A. Favorite, Tom Burr (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 595-598
Adjoint-Based Constant-Mass Partial Derivatives
Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 599-602
Monte Carlo Estimates of Eigenvalue Sensitivity to System Dimensions using Kernel Density Estimators
Timothy P. Burke, Brian C. Kiedrowski (Univ. Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 603-606
Dakota-MCNP Coupling for Uncertainty Quantification using Polynomial Chaos Expansions
K. Combs, T. Palmer (Oregon State)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 607-610
VUSAT - A VERA-CS Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis Toolkit
Hongbin Zhang (INL), Cameron Brown (NCSU), Ling Zou, Haihua Zhao (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 611-614
Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis for Coupled VERA-CS and FRAPCON
Cole Blakely, Heng Ban (Utah State), Hongbin Zhang (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 615-618
Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis-II
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 619
Statistical Analyses of Post Irradiation Experiments of the BWR Forsmark
Volker Hannstein, Fabian Sommer (GRS GmbH)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 621-624
Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of TREAT Transient Test #15
Congjian Wang, Sebastian Schunert, Paul W. Talbot, Benjamin Baker, Yaqi Wang, Javier Ortensi, Frederick Gleicher, Mark DeHart, Cristian Rabiti (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 625-628
Kriging-Based Inverse Uncertainty Quantification of BISON Fission Gas Release Model
Xu Wu, Tomasz Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 629-632
Sensitivity Coefficients for Diffusion Coefficients and Other Reactor Physics Parameters using CE TSUNAMI-3D
Christopher Perfetti, Matthew Jessee, Bradley Rearden (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 633-636
Deterministic Transport Methods
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 637
Diffusion Synthetic Acceleration for High Order Sn Transport on Meshes with Curved Surfaces
Douglas N. Woods, Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 639-642
Convergence Study of LR-NDA Using Fourier Analysis
Sicong Xiao, Kangyu Ren, Dean Wang (Univ. Mass., Lowell), Yunlin Xu, Thomas J. Downar (Univ. Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 643-646
A Continuous-Discontinuous Hybrid Finite Element Method for S N Transport
Weixiong Zheng, Ryan G. McClarren (Texas A&M Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 647-649
Direct SN Treatment of the Scattering Source with Phase Functions
Vincent Laboure, Yaqi Wang, Sebastian Schunert (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 650-653
Flexible Spatial Partitions in MPACT Through Module-Based Data Passing
Shane Stimpson, Benjamin Collins (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 654-657
Calculation of Higher Eigenpairs of the Transport Equation Using IRAM Based on Domain Decomposition
Wenbin Wu, Yingrui Yu, Qing Li (Nuclear Power Inst. of China)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 658-661
Data, Analysis and Operations in Nuclear Criticality Safety-I
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 665
Nuclear Criticality Safety
Measurement of Delayed Neutron Group Parameters Using the Fission Burst of CFBR-II
Lingli Song, Chun Zheng (Inst. Nuclear Physics and Chemistry CAEP)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 667-668
Criticality Scoping Calculations for a Multi-Function Dissolver Insert
Tracy Stover, Stephen Kessler (SRNS)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 669-672
Bounding the Chemistry Conditions in the HM Solvent Extraction Process Criticality Safety Analyses
Tracy Stover, Stephen Kessler, John Lint (SRNS)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 673-677
Moderation Control Challenges in a Shutdown Facility
Tom Hines (DOE), Matthew Wilson (Paschal Solutions Inc.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 678-681
A New Look at Historic CRAC "Divergence" Experiments-Implications for a CAAS Minimum Accident of Concern
Peter L. Angelo (Y-12 National Security Complex)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 682-686
Considerations for Using FGE Conversion Factors in Type A Shipping Packages at the Savannah River Site
Brittany Williamson, James Baker (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 687-688
The Difficulty of Defining the Terms "Credible" and "Unlikely" for Nuclear Criticality Safety Purposes
Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 689-690
Data Analysis and Operations in Nuclear Criticality Safety-II
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 691
Open Source Release of NJOY2016 and NJOY21
Jeremy Lloyd Conlin, A. C. Kahler, Austin P. McCartney (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 693-696
LANL-SNL Collaboration on NCS Validation
Forrest B. Brown (LANL), John A. Miller, Shawn J. Henderson (SNL), Michael E. Rising, Jennifer L. Alwin (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 697-700
Study of Whisper Statistics for Criticality Safety Code Validation
Natasha Glazener, Trevor Stewart, Alan Yamanaka (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 701-704
Full Law Analysis Scattering System Hub (FLASSH)
Y. Zhu, A. I. Hawari (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 705-708
Semi-Analytical Benchmarks for MCNP6
Pavel Grechanuk (Oregon State), Michael E. Rising, Forrest B. Brown (LANL), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 709-711
The Half Monte Carlo Method: Combining Total Monte Carlo with Nuclear Data Sensitivity Profiles
I. Hill, J. Dyrda, (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 712-713
Status of a New Resonance Evaluation for Cerium to Support Nuclear Criticality Safety Applications
Vladimir Sobes, Klaus Guber (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 714-717
Data, Analysis and Operations in Nuclear Criticality Safety-III
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 719
Effects of Boron and Graphite Uncertainty in Fuel for TREAT Simulations
Kyle Vaughn, Zander Mausol, Esteban Gonzalez (Univ. Florida), Mark DeHart (INL), Sedat Goluoglu (Univ. Florida)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 721-723
Combining RHF and HFIR Disposition Campaigns-Analysis, Opportunity, and Lessons Learned
Tracy Stover, John Lint (SRNS)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 724-727
Sharing of Good Industry Practices and/or Lessons Learned in Nuclear Criticality Safety-Panel
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 729
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Pioneer Discussion-Panel
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 731
ANS-8 Standards Forum
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 733
Recent Trends in Probabilistic Safety/Risk Assessment for Nuclear Power Plants-Panel
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 737
Nuclear Installations Safety: General
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 739
Radiological Source Term Estimates of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident
Matthew J. Krupcale, John C. Lee (Univ. Michigan), Theodore W. Bowyer (PNNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 741-743
Study of Control Rod Device Mechanism Missile Impact on Protection Plate
Xianhui Ye, Furui Xiong, Bin Zhen, Naibin Jiang (Nuclear Power Institue of China)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 744-746
LOCA Analysis for the NIST Research Reactor
Joo Seok Baek, Lap-Yan Cheng, David Diamond (BNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 747-749
Evaluation of the New Boron Model of the TRACE Code
Juan J. Carbajo (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 750-753
Deterministic Selection of Design Extension Condition without Core Melt
Jong Ho Choi, Min Shin Jung and Gyu Cheon Lee (KEPCO)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 754-756
Power Distribution Control Strategy of the Soluble Boron Free SMR
Jinhan Bae, Jaeshik Kim, Sungju Kwon, Jinyoung Lee, Kibong Seong (KEPCO NF)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 757-759
Demonstration of Passive Phoretic Decontamination by Accident Simulation in a Scaled Reactor Containment
Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 760-762
Nuclear Safety R&D at the Department of Energy
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 763
Dexerity and Worker Comfort in an Ergonomically Designed Glovebox Glove
Martha Chan, Cindy Lawton, Lawrence Ticknor (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 765-766
Development of CFD Flow Analysis for Nuclear Facility Ventilation Systems
Philip Strons, James L. Bailey (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 767-768
Fragmentation Prediction for a Brittle Ceramic: An Integrated Two-Scale Model Approach
Christopher J. O'Brien, Pierre-Alexandre Juan, John Bignell, Rémi Dingreville (SNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 769-772
Characterizing the Benefits of Seismic Isolation of Nuclear Structures in Terms of Reduced Risk and Cost
Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Chingching Yu (Univ. Buffalo, SUNY), Justin Coleman (INL), Ben Kosbab (SC Solutions), Andrew Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo, SUNY)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 773-776
High Performance-Multidisciplinary Simulation for Regional Scale Earthquake Hazard and Risk Assessments
Floriana Petrone (LBNL), Jenna Wong (LBNL & San Francisco State), Mamun Miah (LBNL), Artie Rodgers, Anders Petersson (LLNL), David McCallen (LBNL & Univ. California)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 777-778
Thermal Testing of Waste Packages for a Storage Environment
Victor G. Figueroa, Douglas Ammerman, Carlos Lopez, Walt Gill (SNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 779-782
Preliminary Analysis of FFTF Loss-of-Flow Tests with SAS4A/SASSYS-1
Guanheng Zhang, Anton Moisseytsev, Tyler Sumner, Thomas Fanning (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 783-785
Risk Aspects of Advanced Reactor Technologies Supported by GAIN-Panel
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 787
Current Topics in Probabilistic Risk Analysis
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 789
Assembling Multiple Models within the RAVEN Framework
A. Alfonsi, C. Rabiti, D. Mandelli (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 791-794
Uncertainty Quantification for External Events Analysis of LWRS/RISMC Project
Carlo Parisi, Andrea Alfonsi, Cristian Rabiti, Ronaldo H. Szilard (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 795-797
Electrical Cross-Tie Option & Issues to Cope With Extended Station Blackout
Jun Su Ha, Jamila Khamis Alsuwaidi (Khalifa Univ.), Sung-yeop Kim (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 798-800
Preliminary Study for Development of Technical Basis of Quantitative Safety Goals for NPPs Operations in UAE
Osama Ali Al Shehhi (Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation), Jun Su Ha, Young-Ji Byon, Chung Suk Cho (Khalifa Univ.), Sung-yeop Kim (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 801-803
Examining the Effect of Plume Rise on Radiological Consequences of Nuclear Accidents
Sana Ullah, Man-Sung Yim (Korea Advanced Inst. of Sci. and Tech.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 804-807
Sensitivity Analysis of Successful Evacuee Proportion in Hypothetical NPP Accident by Earthquake
Sung-yeop Kim, Ho-Gon Lim, (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 808-811
Advancing Global Nuclear Energy and Strengthening National Security-Panel
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 815
Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy
Establishing and Advancing Nonproliferation and Nuclear Policy Education at U.S. Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs-Panel
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 817
Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy: General
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 819
Research on the IAEA State-Level Safeguards Approach in KAERI
Juang Jung, Hyun-Jo Kim, Hyun-Suk Kim, Sung-Ho Lee, In-Chul Kim, Byung-Doo Lee (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 821-822
Barcode Testing for the Global Identifier for UF6 Cylinders
Jessica L. White-Horton, James R. Garner, J. Michael Whitaker (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 823-825
The Nuclear Weapons and Strategy Minor at the United States Air Force Academy
Ryan Cress, Kirk Brown (U.S. Air Force Academy)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 826-827
Hybrid Energy Systems
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 831
Operations and Power
Experimental Capability for Preparation and Purification of Molten Salts to Support Advanced Reactor Concepts, Nuclear Hybrid Energy Systems and Dynamic Grid Energy Storage Concepts
James E. O'Brien, Piyush Sabharwall, SuJong Yoon (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 833-836
Technology Options for Integrated Thermal Energy Storage in Nuclear Power Plants
Daniel Curtis, Natalie Shifflet, Charles Forsberg (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 837-840
Economic Assessment of Nuclear Hybrid Energy Systems: Optimization using RAVEN
Aaron S. Epiney, Andrea Alfonsi, Cristian Rabiti, Jun Chen (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 841-844
Models and Simulation Environment for the Design and Optimization of Hybrid Energy Systems
Richard B. Vilim, Roberto Ponciroli (ANL), Thomas Harrison, Lou Qualls (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 845-848
Using Dynamic Line Rating to Enhance Flexibility of Wind-Involved Hybrid Energy System
Wei Zhang, Katya L. Blanc, Timothy R. McJunkin, Jake P. Gentle (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 849-851
New Nuclear Construction around the World-Panel
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 853
Thermal Energy Storage Systems and their Integration with NPPs
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 855
Development Strategy for Gas Turbines with Firebrick Resistance-Heated Energy Storage to Enable Nuclear-Renewable Grid Integration
Charles Forsberg (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 857-861
Heat Storage for Peak Power with Base-Load Rankine-Cycle LWRs and Brayton-Cycle High-Temperature Reactors
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 862-865
An Evaluation of Energy Storage Options for Nuclear Power
Samuel C. Johnson, Michael E. Webber (Univ. Texas, Austin), Justin L. Coleman (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 866-869
Using Conductive Firebrick Resistance Heating to Enable Very High-Temperature Heat Storage in Nuclear Gas Turbine Systems
Daniel C. Stack, Charles Forsberg (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 870-873
Steam Accumulator Storage Integration into a Nuclear Power Plant
Seth Bisett, Alina LaPotin, Erich Schneider (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 874-877
Performance of Energy Storage with Nuclear and Renewable Power Systems
Benjamin Vegel (Utah State), Jason C. Quinn (Colorado State), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 878-881
Operations and Power: General
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 883
An Unsteady State Gas Transport Model in Matrix Laboratory (MATLAB) for PWR Gas Management
Danial S. Soorty, Wayne M. Gibson (ChemStaff, Inc.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 885-888
Quantification of Functional Impact Classification on the Current U.S. Nuclear Fleet
Sarah M. Ewing, Nancy Johnson, Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 889-892
Measurement of Nuclear Power Plant Construction Performance Using EVMS Model
Myung S. Roh, Eun I. Lee (KEPCO)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 893-896
Diverting Steam from a Nuclear Power Plant to Thermal Storage to Increase Economic Efficiency of Electricity Production
Natalie Shifflet, Daniel Curtis, Charles Forsberg (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 897-899
Progress in Development of Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactors (FHRs)
C. W. Forsberg, L.-W. Hu (MIT), P. F. Peterson, M. Fratoni (Univ California, Berkeley), K. Sridharan (Univ Wisconsin, Madison), E. Blandford (Univ New Mexico)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 900-903
Radiation Protection and Shielding: General
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 907
Radiation Protection and Shielding
Reconstructing Solar Particle Event Spectra from Absorbed Dose Measurements
Amir A. Bahadori, Jeremy A. Roberts (Kansas State), Martin Kroupa (Leidos), Dan J. Fry (NASA Johnson Space Center)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 909-912
Initial Modeling of Urban Search Measurements
Douglas E. Peplow, Mathew W. Swinney, Gregory G. Davidson, Andrew D. Nicholson, Bruce W. Patton (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 913-916
Characterization of NORM in an Urban Environment using HPGe Measurements and MCNP6 Simulations
Mathew W. Swinney, Douglas E. Peplow, Andrew D. Nicholson (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 917-920
Selective Shielding Bone Marrow: An Approach to Create Personal Protective Equipment for Gamma Radiation
Gideon Waterman, Kenneth Kase, Oren Milstein, (StemRad Ltd.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 921-924
Absolute Dosimetry Model of the University of Washington Clinical Neutron Therapy System (CNTS)
Gregory Moffitt (Univ. Utah), Robert Stewart, George Sandison (Univ. Washington), Tatjana Jevremovic (Univ. Utah)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 925-928
Validation of Methodology to Simulate Gamma Doses from Historical Weapons Tests
Thomas M. Miller, Bruce W. Patton (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 929-933
Latent Effects of Radiation on Li-ion Batteries in Robots
Chuting Tan, Nicholas H. Bashian, Chase W. Hemmelgarn, Wesley J. Thio, Daniel J. Lyons, Yuan F. Zheng, Lei R. Cao, Anne C. Co (Ohio State)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 934-936
Computation Tools for Radiation Protection and Shielding
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 937
Neutron & Gamma Correlations using CGM in MCNP 6.2.0
C. A. Anderson, G. W. McKinney, J. R. Tutt (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 939-942
New Features of TRIPOLI-4® Version 10
The TRIPOLI-4® Project Team: Fadhel Malouch, Emeric Brun, Cheikh Diop, François-Xavier Hugot, Cédric Jouanne, Yi-Kang Lee, Fausto Malvagi, Davide Mancusi, Alain Mazzolo, Odile Petit, Jean-Christophe Trama, Thierry Visonneau and Andrea Zoia (CEA)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 943-944
Testing Nesting DXTRAN Spheres for Neutron Transport in Air
M. L. Fensin, K. C. Kelley, J. S. Hendricks, B. W. Cox, J. T. Goorley, S. S. McCready (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 945-948
Speed and Memory Improvements to MCNP6 Delayed-Gamma Line Treatment
J. R. Tutt, G. W. McKinney (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 949-952
Using the MCNP6.2 Correlated Fission Multiplicity Models, CGMF and FREYA
Michael E. Rising, Avneet Sood (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 953-956
Enhanced Monte Carlo Simulation of the Voxel Phantom Lattice Submersed in a Contaminated Air Environment
Ken Veinot (Easterly Scientific & Y-12 National Security Complex), Shaheen A. Dewji, Mauritius Hiller (ORNL), Keith Eckerman, Clay Easterly (Easterly Scientific)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 957-960
Highlights of RPSD-2016/ICRS-13-I
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 961
Improvements in Electron-Photon-Relaxation Data for MCNP6
H. Grady Hughes and David A. Dixon (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 963-965
Activation Calculation for the Dismantling and Decommissioning of a Light Water Reactor Using MCNP™ with ADVANTG and ORIGEN-S
Luc Schlömer, Sven Tittelbach, Peter-W. Phlippen, Roger Vallentin (WTI GmbH), Bernard Lukas (EnBW Kernkraft GmbH)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 966-969
Generation of an Activation Map for Decommissioning Planning of the Berlin Experimental Reactor-II
Nicole Guilliard, Janis Lapins, Wolfgang Bernnat (Univ. Stuttgart - IKE)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 970-973
Neutron-Gamma Flux and Dose Calculations in a Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)
Mariya Brovchenko, Benjamin Dechenaux (IRSN), Kenneth Burn, Patrizio Console Camprini (ENEA), Isabelle Duhamel (IRSN), Arthur Peron (Contractor)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 974-977
Highlights of RPSD-2016/ICRS-13-II
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 979
Radiological Shielding Design for the Neutron Backscattering Spectrometer EMU
T. Ersez, F. Esposto, N. R. de Souza (Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 981-984
Feasibility Study on Real-Time γ-Ray Spectrum / Dose Measurement System
Mina Kobayashi, Fuminobu Sato, Isao Murata (Osaka Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 985-988
Evaluation of RAPID for a UNF cask benchmark problem
Valerio Mascolino, Alireza Haghighat, Nathan J. Roskoff, (Virginia Tech)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 989-992
Examples of Use of SINBAD Database for Nuclear Data and Code Validation
Ivan Kodeli (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 993-996
Using the MCNP Taylor Series Perturbation Feature (Efficiently) for Shielding Problems
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 997-1000
Reactor Physics: General-I
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1003
Reactor Physics
PARCS Analysis of the APR1400 Initial Core
Andrew Bielen, Peter J. Yarsky (U.S. NRC)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1005-1008
Improvements to PHISICS/RELAP5-3D© Capabilities for Simulating HTGRs
Paolo Balestra (Sapienza Univ.), Andrea Alfonsi, Gerhard Strydom, Cristian Rabiti (INL), Fabio Giannetti, Gianfranco Caruso (Sapienza Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1009-1012
Study on the Technology for Enhancing Element Value by Neutron Transmutation in Light Water Reactors
Hiroki Takezawa, Naoyuki Takaki (Tokyo City Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1013
Reactivity Worth Measurment of Control Rods of CFBR-II with Inverse Kinetics Method
Yanpeng Yin, Haojun Zhou, Meng Li (CAEP)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1014-1016
The Neutron Chase: Taking Advantage of EveryNeutron
Florent Heidet (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1017
Reactors Physics: General-II
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1019
Optimization of a Monte Carlo Model of the Transient Reactor Test Facility
Kristin Smith (Univ. Florida), Mark DeHart (INL), Sedat Goluoglu (Univ. Florida)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1021-1024
Development and Test of a New Verification Scheme for Transient Core Simulators
C. Demazière, V. Dykin, K. Jareteg (Chalmers Univ. Technol.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1025-1026
Core Reactivity Control for a Soluble Boron Free Small Modular Reactor
Hyeong Heon Kim, Chang Kyu Chung (KEPCO), Mohd-Syukri Yahya, Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1027-1029
Core Combination Method of Approximation (CCMA) for Neutron Fluence Calculation
Yang Wankui, Yuan Baoxin, Zhang Songbao (INPC of CAEP)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1030-1033
Study on Reactor Physical Module Method Used in THR Simulator
Wei Chunlin, Sui Zhe, Sun Jun (Tsinghua Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1034-1036
Reactor Physics: General-III
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1037
Simulation of the RPI Reactor Critical Facility Core Using High-Fidelity Neutronics Code PROTEUS
C. H. Lee (ANL), D. J. O'Grady (Univ. Illinois Urbana Champaign), Y. S. Jung, E. R. Shehemon (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1039-1041
Verification of High-Fidelity Neutronics Code PROTEUS for C5G7 Benchmark Problems
Y. S. Jung, C. H. Lee, M. A. Smith (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1042-1044
Modeling of the SPERT Transients Using SERPENT2 with Time Dependent Capabilities
Alex Levinsky, Frederick P. Adams, Vinicius N. P. Anghel (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), Ville Valtavirta (VTT Technical Research Centre)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1045-1048
Preliminary Development of a Nuclide Inventory Code for HTGR
Jian Li, Jian Li, Ding She, Lei Shi (Tsinghua Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1049-1051
Time Scale Effects on the Temperature Coefficient of Reactivity
Wenfeng Liang, Jiangmeng Wang, Qilin Xie (Inst. Nucl. Physics and Chemistry, CAEP)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1052-1054
Analysis of Neutron Spectrum and Control Rod Worth Measurements in Several ZPPR-15 Loadings
Gerardo Aliberti, Michael A. Smith, Richard M. Lell, Chang-ho Lee (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1055-1058
The Effects of Reflector on Core Reactivity for Conceptual Soluble Boron Free SMR
Seunghwan Jun, Jinsun Kim, Do Ik Chang, Kibong Seong (KEPCO)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1059-1061
Heavy-Water Moderated, Molten Uranium Cooled Reactor MCNP Model
Neal L. Mann (Neal Mann & Associates)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1062-1065
Research and Test Reactors
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1067
LOCA and LOFA Safety Margin Analysis for U-10Mo Monolithic LEU Fuel Conversion of the MURR Reactor
David Jaluvka, Earl E. Feldman (ANL), J. Charles McKibben, Leslie P. Foyto (Univ. Missouri, Columbia), John A. Stillman, Erik H. Wilson (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1069-1072
Neutronics Analysis of TREAT Multi-SERTTA Calibration Test Vehicle (Multi-SERTTA CAL)
Connie M. Hill, John D. Bess, Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1073-1076
The Radiation Science and Engineering Center Utilizations and Future Developments at Penn State University
Kenan Ünlü (Penn State)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1077-1078
CUDA Computation of the Feynman Distribution
A. Talamo, Y. Gohar (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1079-1081
University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor Modeling Improvements
YoungHui Park, Alexander Swenson, Paul P. H. Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1082-1085
PLTEMP/ANL Verification for Assemblies Having Five-Layer Fuel Tubes
M. Kalimullah, A. P. Olson, E. E. Feldman (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1086-1089
Uncertainty Quantifications for the MIT Reactor Thermal-hydraulic Analysis
Yu-Jou Wang (Tsinghua Univ. & MIT), Kaichao Sun and Lin-wen Hu (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1090-1093
Reactor Analysis Methods-I
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1091
Improved Modelling for the Assembly Discontinuity Factors in the APEC Method
Woosong Kim, Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1093-1095
Heterogeneous Neutron Leakage Model for PWR Pin-by-Pin Calculation
Bin Zhang, Hongchun Wu, Yunzhao Li, Liangzhi Cao (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1096-1098
Thermal Analysis of a Fuel Channel
Abdullah Weiss, Xue R. Yang (Texas A&M Univ.-Kingsville)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1099-1102
Study on Neutronics Calculation Method of SCWR with Annular Fuel Assembly
Chuanqi Zhao, Liangzhi Cao, Hongchu Wu (Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1103-1106
Artificial Neural Network Modeling for 2-group Pin-Wise Group Constants
HwanYeol Yu, Haseeb ur Rehman, Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1107-1110
MCNP6 and SERPENT2 Performances with Unstructured Mesh Geometry
A. Talamo, Y. Gohar (ANL), J. Leppänen (VTT Technical Research Centre)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1111-1113
Generalization of NESTLE into a Multi-Energy N-Group Formulation
William M. Kirkland, Ondrej Chvala, G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tenn., Knoxville)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1114-1115
Verification of a Multiphysics Code with Method of Manufactured Solutions
Jipu Wang, William Martin (Univ. Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1116-1119
Reactor Analysis Methods-II
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1121
Two-Step Analysis of Watts Bar Nuclear 1 Cycle 1 with SCALE/PARCS
Kevin Xu (Univ. Michigan), Matthew Jessee (ORNL), Andrew Ward, Thomas Downar (Univ. Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1123-1126
Surrogate Models for TREAT Transient Calculations
Congjian Wang, Paul W. Talbot, Sebastian Schunert, Benjamin Baker, Yaqi Wang, Javier Ortensi, Frederick Gleicher, Mark DeHart, Cristian Rabiti (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1127-1130
Radiolytic Gas Bubbles' Model and its Application to AHR's Transient Neutronics Analysis
Wang Liangzi, Yao Dong, Yu Yingrui, Wang Shuai (Nuclear Power Institute of China)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1131-1135
RISMC Industry Application #1 (ECCS/LOCA): Core Characterization Automation: Reference PWR Designs for IA#1
Aaron S. Epiney, Carlo Parisi, Andrea Alfonsi, Hongbin Zhang, Ronaldo Szilard (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1136-1139
Implementation of CMFD Acceleration Scheme in PROTEUS-MOC
Albert Hsieh, Won Sik Yang (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1140-1143
Effect of Delayed Energy Release on Power Normalization in Reactor Depletion Calculations
Miriam A. Rathbun, David P. Griesheimer (Univ. Pittsburgh)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1144-1148
Treatment of Nonuniform Temperature Distribution by Subgroup Method
Qingming He (MIT & Xi'an Jiaotong Univ), Liangzhi Cao, Hongchun Wu (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ), Benoit Forget, Kord Smith (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1149-1152
Spanning the Core Design Space with Binary Perturbations-A Mathematical Investigation
Tracy Stover (SRNS), Stephen Kessler (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1153-1156
Recent Advancements in Liquid and Solid Fuel Molten Salt Reactors-I
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1157
Verification of the Coupled Neutronics/Thermal-Hydraulics Code TANSY against the MSFR Benchmark
Liangzhi Cao, Tianliang Hu, Hongchun Wu (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1159-1161
Preliminary Results of Material Flow Controlled MSR Depletion Calculations
Gavin Ridley, Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tenn, Knoxville)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1162-1164
New Czech R&D Program on Fluoride Salt-Cooled Nuclear Reactor Systems
Jan Uhlíř, Martin Mareček (Research Centre Rez), Lórant Szatmáry (UJV Rez), Zbyšek Nový (COMTES FHT), Petr Toman (MICo Ltd), Jan Jílek (SKODA JS)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1165-1166
Neutronic Tests of Fluoride Salt Based MSR/FHR Coolants
Evžen Losa, Michal Košťál, Vlastimil Juříček, Jan Uhlíř (Research Centre Řež), Jeffrey J. Powers (ORNL), Nicholas R. Brown (ORNL & Penn State), Donald E. Mueller, Bruce W. Patton (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1167-1169
Molten Salt Reactor Simulations using MPACT-CTF
Benjamin Collins, Cole Gentry, Aaron Wysocki, Robert Salko (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1170-1173
Feasibility of a Breed-and-Burn Molten Salt Reactor
Michael Martin, Manuele Aufiero, Ehud Greenspan, Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1174-1176
Dynamic Analysis of the Next Generation Molten-Salt Breeder Reactor System
O. Chvala, M. R. Lish, V. Singh, B. R. Upadhyaya (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1177-1180
Recent Advancements in Liquid and Solid Fuel Molten Salt Reactors-II
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1181
Monte Carlo/CFD Coupling for Accurate Modeling of the Delayed Neutron Precursors and Compressibility Effects in Molten Salt Reactors
Manuele Aufiero (Univ. California, Berkeley), Pablo Rubiolo (LPSC-IN2P3), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1183-1186
Two-Dimensional Neutronic and Fuel Cycle Analysis of the LEU-Fueled Transatomic Power Molten Salt Reactor
B. R. Betzler, J. J. Powers, A. Worrall (ORNL), S. Robertson, L. Dewan, M. Massie (Transatomic Power Corporation)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1187-1190
Extension of the DIF3D Code for Molten Salt Reactor Analysis
Tongkyu Park (Purdue Univ./FNC Technol.), Shengcheng Zhou (Purdue Univ./Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.), Won Sik Yang (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1191-1194
Comparing Sensitivity/Uncertainty Analysis Results for LR-0 Salt Experiments with Salt Reactor Models
Jeffrey J. Powers (ORNL), Nicholas R. Brown (ORNL & Penn State), Donald E. Mueller, Bruce W. Patton (ORNL), Evžen Losa, Michal Košťál (Research Center Rez)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1195-1198
Adjusted Graphite Thermal Scattering Data Applied to Fluoride-Salt-Cooled Reactors
Lance Maul (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1199-1202
Use of Spectral Shift to Greatly Improve Uranium Utilization in FHR Designs
Vedant Mehta, Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1203-1206
Reactor Physics Design, Validation and Operational Experience
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1207
Demonstration of Load-Follow Operations with Standalone BISON through VERA
Shane Stimpson, (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1209-1212
Fast Reactor Core Analysis Using AZNHEX Neutron Diffusion Code
Juan Galicia-Aragon, Juan Luis Francois, Guillermo-Elias Bastida-Ortiz (Univ. Nacioanl Autonoma de Mexico), Edmundo del-Valle-Gallegos (Inst. Politecnico Nacional), Armando Gómez-Torres (Inst. Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares Carretera Mexico)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1213-1216
A Fully Passive Daily Load-Follow Operation in a Small PWR System
Ahmed Amin E. Abdelhameed, Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1217-1220
AZTRAN and AZKIND Verification with a BWR Study Case
Guillermo-Elías Bastida-Ortiz, Julio-Amhed Vallejo-Quintero, Juan Galicia-Aragón, Juan-Luis François (Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico), Andrés Rodríguez-Hernández, Armando Gómez-Torres (Inst. Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares Carretera Mexico), Edmundo del Valle-Gallegos (Inst. Politecnico Nacional)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1221-1224
Investigation of Treat M2 and M3 Calibration Experiments for Benchmark Analysis
N. C. Sorrell, A. I. Hawari (NCSU), M. D. DeHart, J. D. Bess (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1225-1228
Verification of AZTRAN v1.2 Code with a PWR-MOX Benchmark Problem
Julio-Amhed Vallejo-Quintero, Guillermo-Elías Bastida-Ortiz, Juan-Luis François (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), José-Vicente Xolocostli-Munguía, Samuel Vargas-Escamilla (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares Carretera México), Edmundo del Valle-Gallegos (Instituto Politécnico Nacional)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1229-1232
Improved Core Design of the Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactor CSR1000
Lianjie Wang, Di Lu, Ping Yang (Nuclear Power Institute of China)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1233-1236
Calculating Control Rod Differential Worth Using Adjoint-Weighted Method
Gang Wang, Ganglin Yu (Tsinghua Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1237-1240
Two Phase Flow and Heat Transfer Fundamentals
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1243
Thermal Hydraulics
A New Mechanistic Model of Nucleation Site Density
Zeyong Wang, Michael Z. Podowski (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1245-1248
Evaluation of the Shear Rate Effect on the Interfacial Forces Acting on a Single Bubble
Jinyong Feng, Igor Bolotnov (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1249-1250
Verification of the Two-Fluid Model in the Spectral Element Code Nek-2P for Adiabatic Flow Conditions
Dillon R. Shaver (ANL), Ananias Tomboulides (ANL/Aristotle Univ. Thessaloniki), Aleksandr Obabko, Adrian Tentner, Prasad Vegendla, Elia Merzari (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1251-1254
Numerical Uncertainties vs. Model Uncertainties in Two-Phase Flow Simulations
Ling Zou, Haihua Zhao, Hongbin Zhang (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1255-1258
Analysis of COBRA-TF Critical Heat Flux Models for Triangular Fuel Assembly Pitch
Ozlem Aktas Ozulus, Sule Ergun (Hacettepe Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1259-1261
CFD Simulation of Bubble Growing Under a Downward Facing Surface
Tien-Juei Chuang, Yuh-Ming Ferng, Ke-Wei Lai (National Tsing Hua Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1262-1264
Simulating Bubble Deformations Using the Intersection Marker (ISM) Front-Tracking Method
Mark Ho (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation), Syed Ahsan Sharif (Univ. New South Wales), Guan Yeoh (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation & Univ. New South Wales), Victoria Timchenko (Univ. New South Wales)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1265-1268
Advances in CTF and Multiphysics Coupling
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1269
Validation of CTF Droplet Entrainment and Annular/Mist Closure Models using Riso Steam/Water Experiments
Aaron J. Wysocki, Robert Salko (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1271-1274
Review of CTF's Fuel Rod Modeling Using FRAPCON-4.0's Centerline Temperature Predictions
Aysenur Toptan (NCSU), Robert K. Salko (ORNL), Maria N. Avramova (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1275-1278
Implementation of a Pressure Correction Term in the CTF Subchannel Code
Marc-Olivier G. Delchini, Robert Salko (ORNL), Vincent Mousseau (SNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1279-1282
Current Verification and Validation Efforts of Multiphysics Packages
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1283
Proposed Semi-Analytic Benchmark for Coupled Neutronics/Thermal-Hydraulics Feedback in Multiphysics Simulations
David P. Griesheimer, David L. Aumiller, Daniel F. Gill (Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1285-1289
The International Experimental Thermal-Hydraulic Systems Database TIETHYS: A New NEA Validation Tool
Yeonjoo Cho (Chung-Ang Univ.), James Dyrda (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency), Kumar Singh Rohatgi (BNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1290-1292
Calibration of COBRA-TF and STAR-CCM+ with Dakota 6.5 for CASL
Natalie C. Gordon, Lindsay N. Gilkey (SNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1293-1296
OECD/NEA EGMPEBV Activities in Multi-Physics Verification and Validation
M. Avramova (NCSU), M. DeHart (INL), J. Dyrda (OECD NEA), J.-P. Hudelot (CEA Cadarache), K. Ivanov (NCSU), A. Petruzzi (Nuclear and Industrial Engineering S.r.l), U. Rohatgi (BNL), T. Valentine (ORNL), K. Velkov (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1297-1300
Validation of COBRA-TF and STAR-CCM+ with Dakota 6.5 for CASL
Lindsay N. Gilkey, Natalie C. Gordon (SNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1301-1304
Experimental Thermal-Hydraulics: High Resolution Experiments-I
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1305
Comparing Velocity Profiles Along the Rod Length of a Helical Coil Steam Generator Model
Marilyn Delgado, Saya Lee, Yassin Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1307-1310
Processing Methodology for Double Sensor Probe in a Bubbly Flow
Chung-Yen Hsu, Jiun-Ren Wang, Tien-Juei Chuang, Yuh-Ming Ferng (National Tsing Hua Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1311-1314
Visualization of Flow Interaction in a Channel Flow Produced by a Pair of Helically Coiled Rods
Saya Lee, Marilyn Delgado, Colin Guilbault, Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1315-1317
Time-Resolved PIV/PTV Measurements on Interior Subchannels of a Wire-Wrapped 61-Pin Hexagonal Fuel Bundle
N. Goth, P. Jones, S. Lee, D. T. Nguyen, R. Vaghetto, Y. A. Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1318-1321
High Resolution Stereoscopic PIV Measurements in a 5x5 Rod Bundle with Mixing Vane
Thien Nguyen, Mason Childs, Mateusz Marciniak, Yassin Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1322-1325
Time Analysis on a Steam Condensation Jet
Arturo Cabral, Saya Lee, Macon Heath, Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1326-1329
Thermal-Hydraulic Results for the Aboveground Configuration of a Dry Cask Simulator
S. G. Durbin, E. R. Lindgren (SNL), A. Zigh, J. Solis (NRC)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1330-1333
Experimental Thermal-Hydraulics-II
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1335
Orificed Flow Results for a Two-Phase Natural Circulation Loop
Casey A. Tompkins, Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1337-1340
Single Rod Reflood Quenching Experiments with Simulated Decay Heat for Accident-Tolerant Fuel Claddings
Chan Lee, Kwangeun Lee, Wang Kee In, Chang Hwan Shin (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1341-1343
Korean Localization Program for the Performance Verification Test of APR1400's RCP
Seok Cho, Seok Kim, Byoung-Uhn Bae, Yun-Jae Cho, Yeon-Sik Kim, Woo-Jin Jeon, Young-Jung Yun (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1343-1345
Steady State Pool Boiling in Sea Water
Tzu Chen Huang, Chin Pan (National Tsing Hua Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1347-1350
Observation of Downward Facing Pool Boiling on a Hemispherical Vessel under External Reactor Vessel Cooling
Xiang Zhang, Wei Lu, Teng Hu (State Nuclear Power Technol. Research & Development), Huajian Chang, Deqi Cheg (Chongqing Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1351-1354
The Flow Visualization for the Separation of Air-Water Bubbly Two-Phase Flow Through a Vertical T-Junction
Jiun-Ren Wang, Chung-Yen Hsu, Yuh-Ming Ferng (National Tsing Hua Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1355-1357
Integral Effect Test of ATLAS Facility on Multiple Failure in a Prolonged Station Blackout
Byoung-Uhn Bae, Seok Cho, Kyoung-Ho Kang, Yu-Sun Park, Jong-Rok Kim, Nam-Hyun Choi, Ki-Yong Choi (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1358-1361
Thermal-Hydraulics: General-I
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1363
TRACG Benchmark Study: 2015 Fermi Thermal-Hydraulic Instability Event
Alex Miller, Lander Ibarra, Justin Lamy, Juswald Vedovi (GE Hitachi), Paul Kiel (DTE Energy)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1365-1368
Integrating Sudo-Kaminaga Correlation to the Safety Analysis Code PARET-ANL
Richard Leos (Texas A&M Univ., Kingsville), Zeyun Wu (NIST/Univ. Maryland), Robert E. Williams (NIST), Xue Yang (Texas A&M Univ., Kingsville)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1369-1372
Sensitivity Studies of the Inter-Subchannel Mixing in Subchannel Analysis
Hu Mao, Bao-Wen Yang (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1373-1376
TRACE Analysis of Loss of Flow for the APR1400
Peter Yarsky, Andrew Bielen, Ronald Harrington, William Krotiuk (NRC)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1377-1380
Numerical Analysis of Flow Instability in Once-Through Steam Generator
Eui Kwang Kim, Jong Bum Kim, Jiyoung Jeong (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1381-1383
Operator Action Time Evaluation of Emergency Water Injection Strategy for Extreme SGTR Accidents
Sooyong Park, Kwang-Il Ahn (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1384-1386
TORCHE - Toolbox for Reactor Cross-Flow Heat Exchangers
J. B. Haefner, L. B. Carasik, Y. Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1387-1390
Thermal-Hydraulics: General-II
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1391
MITR RELAP5 Model Validations at Steady States and Transients
Wenwen Zhang (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ./MIT), Yu-jou Wang, (MIT/National Tsing Hua Univ.) Kaichao Sun, Lin-wen Hu (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1393-1396
Methodology of Experiment Design for Improving Transient Critical Heat Flux Model Development
Daniel P. LaBrier, Wade R. Marcum (Oregon State)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1397-1400
Development of Scaling Criteria for Modeling Condensation in Horizontal Tubes Using Reduced Pressure System and Simulant Fluid
Khalid Khasawneh, Yong Hoon Jeong (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1401-1404
Counterpart Test on IBLOCA of 13% Cold Leg Break in ATLAS Facility
Byoung-Uhn Bae, Kyoung-Ho Kang, Yu-Sun Park, Jong-Rok Kim, Nam-Hyun Choi, Ki-Yong Choi (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1405-1407
Flow Characteristics of Intermediate Heat Exchanger with CFD Methodology on Nuclear Safety Application
Pei-Chi Tseng, Ji-Yang Yu, Xiao-Long Zhang (Tsinghua Univ.), Yuh-Ming Ferng, Chung-Yen Hsu, Ke-Wei Lai (National Tsing Hua Univ)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1408-1411
Computational Thermal-Hydraulics: Computational Fluid Dynamics-I
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1413
Development of a Multiphase Adjoint Capability in OpenFOAM
Robert Dacus, Paul Turinsky (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1415-1418
A Non-Linear k-ε Turbulent Model Sensitivity Analysis for Flow Across a PWR Spacer Grid with Mixing Vanes
Giacamo Busco, Fatih S. Sarikurt, Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1419-1423
Sensitivity Analysis of RANS Modeling on GEMIX CFD Benchmark Study
Fatih S. Sarikurt, Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1424-1427
Validation of the Computational Fluid Dynamics Method using the Aboveground Configuration of the Dry Cask Simulator
A. Zigh, S. Gonzalez, J. Solis (NRC), S. G. Durbin, E. R. Lindgren (SNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1428-1431
Computation of Air Discharge into a Water Pool by Using Volume-of-Fluid Method
Ji-Su Kim, Jong Woon Park (Dongguk Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1432-1435
Influence of Axial Power Distributions on Rod-to-Wall Gap
Hongmei Lyu, Bao-Wen Yang, Bin Han (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1436-1439
Grid Pressure Drop Prediction in a Fuel Assembly
Bao-Wen Yang, Bin Han, Yudong Zha (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1440-1443
Computational Thermal-Hydraulics-II
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1445
Thermal Evaluations for Hypothetically Drain-Down Spent Fuel Storage Facility at SRS
Si Y. Lee, Dennis W. Vinson (SRNL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1447-1450
Modelling of the Nuclear Propulsion Rocket
Jivan Khatry, Fatih Aydogan (Univ. Idaho)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1451-1454
Modeling the Transient Reactor Test Loop in TRACE for PWR Critical Heat Flux Benchmarking
Emory Brown, Wade Marcum (Oregon State), Colby Jensen (INL)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1455-1457
Computational Study of Droplet Dynamics in Dispersed Flow Film Boiling Regime in PWR Geometries
Shrey Satpathy, Jun Fang, Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1458-1460
Improved Safety Injection Flow Map Associated with Target RCS Depressurization to Maintain Core Coolability of OPR1000
Joongoo Jeon, Wonjun Choi, Sung Joong Kim (Hanyang Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1461-1463
Large Eddy Simulation and Direct Numerical Simulation
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1465
Heat Transfer Efficiency in Various Prandtl Number Turbulent Flows using DNS Approach
Mengnan Li, Jinyong Feng, Igor Bolotnov (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1467-1470
Numerical Simulation of Twin Jets using LES with the Nek5000 Code
L. B. Carasik (Texas A&M Univ.), E. Merzari (ANL), Y. A. Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1471-1474
Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flow in Rod Bundle with Spacer Grids
Wei Zonglan, Chu Xiao, Zhang Yu, Liu Songtao (Nuclear Power Institute of China)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1475-1478
Toward High Fidelity LES Simulations of 5x5 PWR Fuel Bundle with Mixing Vane
Fatih S. Sarikurt, Giacamo Busco, Yassin A. Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1479-1482
Direct Numerical Simulation of the Turbulent Flow Through PWR Spacer Grid and Mixing Vanes
Jun Fang, Shrey Satpathy, Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1483-1486
Thermal-Hydraulics of Advanced Reactor and Fuel Concepts
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1487
Steady-State Subchannel Thermalhydraulic Assessment of Thorium-Based Fuel Concepts for Use in Pressure Tube Heavy Water Reactors
A. Nava Dominguez, Y. F. Rao, A. V. Colton, B. P. Bromley (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1489-1491
Fluoride Salt Static Freezing Study
Louis J. Chapdelaine, Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1492-1495
Performance Analysis of the Passive Residual Heat Removal System of an Integral Reactor
Joo Hyung Moon, June Woo Kee, Seok Kim, Woo Shik Kim, Young In Kim (KAERI)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1496-1498
Scaling of Thermal Stratification in Outlet Plena of SFRS with Gallium as a Surrogate Fluid
Brendan Ward, Graham Wilson, Hitesh Bindra (Kansas State), Tyler Sumner (ANL), Rizwan-uddin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1499-1502
Modeling the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment with the RELAP5-3D Code
Juan J. Carbajo (ORNL), Dane De Wet (ORNL/Univ. California, Berkeley), Nicholas R. Brown (ORNL/Penn State)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1503-1505
Coupled CFD-DEM Analysis of Molten Salt-Cooled Pebble-Bed Reactor Experiment
Robert Mardus-Hall (Univ. New South Wales), Mark Ho (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation), Guan Yeoh (Univ. New South Wales/Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation), Victoria Timchenko (Univ. New South Wales)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1506-1509
Effects of Radiative Heat Transfer in High-Temperature Liquid-Salts
Carolyn Coyle, Emilio Baglietto, Charles Forsberg (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1510-1513
Improved Heat Transfer and Volume Scaling through Novel Heater Design
Raleigh Lukas, James Kendrick, Per Peterson (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Pages 1514-1517
Innovations in Nuclear Education-Panel
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1521
Young Members Group
Workforce Transition: How to Succeed-Panel
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1523
Perspectives from Non-Nuclear Energy Sources-Panel
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1525
Advocacy and Communication: A Clean Energy Discussion-Panel
Transactions | Volume 116 | Number 1 | June 2017 | Page 1527
