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Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Page 0
Ensuring Mission Success -- Space Fission Reactor Systems
Brandon Mead (BWXT Advanced Technologies), Neil Herman (BWXT Advanced Technologies), Grant Davis (BWXT Advanced Technologies), Anthony Case (BWXT Advanced Technologies)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 20-22
MCNP/NJOY Silicon Damage Function Synthesis and 1 MeV Equivalent Test Fluence Optimization
Joseph Johnson (Univ. Utah), Taylor Kimball (Univ. Utah), Glenn E. Sjoden (Univ. Utah)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 23-26
Impact of SiO2 Cross Sections on Asteroid Deflection
Martin Schulc (Research Centre Rez), Tomas Czakoj (Research Centre Rez), Alena Krechlerova (Research Centre Rez), Zdenek Matej (Masaryk Univ.), Michal Kostal (Research Centre Rez)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 27-30
Radiological Assay of Burrowing Animals
Evan Godbehere (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), James Pierce (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Kip Wheeler (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jolyne Worthy (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 34-37
Event Sequence Quantification and Consequence Development of the Full Scope Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment for PULSTAR Research Reactor
Lauren Kohler (NCSU), Noah Etter (NCSU), Nolan Ritchie (NCSU), Mihai Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 38-42
Investigating a Fast Static Fueled Molten Salt Reactor for Wasteburning
Matthew Louis (Georgia Tech), Nathan Tanzosch (Georgia Tech), Jaden Minnick (Georgia Tech), Alicia Borel (Georgia Tech)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 43-46
Utilizing AP1000 TPBAR Optimization to meet Fusion Energy Tritium Demand
A. Rodriguez (TAMU), B. Harris (TAMU), C. Ulteig (TAMU), M. Munoz (TAMU), W. Reed (TAMU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 47-50
Expanding the Causal Logic Foundations of Human Reliability Analysis: Current Project Status
Camille S. Levine (Univ. Maryland), Katrina M. Groth (Univ. Maryland)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 52-55
Evaluation of how Nuclear Researchers and Designers Consider Economics and Reactor Design
Rowan M. Marchie (Univ. Michigan), Sydney Sielaff (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 56-59
Numerical Modeling and Pretest Seismic Analysis of Spent Nuclear Fuel Horizontal Storage Module Mockup
Nataliia Igrashkina (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Fady Elshazly (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Mohamed A. Moustafa (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Elnaz Seylabi (Univ. Nevada, Reno)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 60-61
Pre Shake Table Testing Seismic Response Analysis of Spent Fuel Dry Storage Cask Systems
Fady A. Elshazly (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Elnaz Seylabi (Univ. Nevada, Reno), David McCallen (Berkeley Lab), Mohamed Moustafa (Univ. Nevada, Reno)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 62-65
Seismic Isolation of Spent Fuel Dry Storage Casks Using Meta-Foundations
Fady A. Elshazly (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Elnaz Seylabi (Univ. Nevada, Reno)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 66-69
VVER-1000 Pin-Cell Nuclear Data UQ Using SANDY/Serpent
Spencer C. Ercanbrack (NCSU), Muhammad R. Altahhan (NCSU), Luca Fiorito (SCK CEN), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 72-75
GOTHIC Benchmark to a Containment Vessel Passive Cooling Experiment
Diego Ross (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Jeff Lane (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Jordan Penley (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Thomas Moore (Numerical Advisory Solutions)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 76-79
Advanced Instrumentation of a Wire Wrapped Sodium Fast Reactor Fuel Rod Simulator
Nicholas J. Thoreson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Shaun R. Aakre (TerraPower), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 80-83
CONSTELATION Model Results of Validation Experiment for HENRI in TREAT
Austin M. Warren (Oregon State), Guillaume P. Mignot (Oregon State), Trevor K. Howard (Oregon State), Wade R. Marcum (Oregon State)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 84-87
On the Definitions of Automation Trustworthiness and Automation Transparency in Nuclear Power Domain
Muhammad Hammad Khalid (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ha Bui (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL), Zahra Mohaghegh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 88-91
Evolutionary Algorithms Peak Fitting for X-Ray Fluorescence Spectra
Jason Clifford (ANL), Madis Michor (ANL), Mark Schlossman (Univ. Illinois, Chicago), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 94-95
Establishment of a Molten Salt LIBS Laboratory at the PULSTAR Reactor
Nicholas A. Poole (NCSU), Ming Liu (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 96-99
Methods for Emissivity Correction to Describe Material Irradiation Temperatures
Jack Gerrity (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Peter Mouche (ANL), Bei Ye (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 100-103
Impact of Laser Speed and Power on SS316L Microstructure in Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Saneej N. Samad (Utah State), Tasrif Ul Anwar (Utah State), Nadia Kouraytem (Utah State)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 104-107
Synergistic Enhancement of Lanthanide Separation Using TODGA and TPPO
Jolina T. Alonzo (Berkeley Lab), Aly M. Montiel (Berkeley Lab), Rebecca J. Abergel (Berkeley Lab)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 108-110
A Hybrid Domain Overlapping Method for Coupling System Thermal Hydraulics and CFD Codes
Aaron Huxford (Univ. Michigan), Victor Coppo Leite (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Ling Zou (ANL), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (ETH Zürich)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 112-115
Functionalized Clays for Pertechnetate Sequestration
Emily Maulden (Univ. Florida), Elizabeth Gager (Univ. Florida), An T. Ta (Univ. Florida), R. Seaton Ullberg (Univ. Florida), Juan C. Nino (Univ. Florida), Simon R. Phillpot (Univ. Florida), James E. Szecsody (PNNL), Carolyn I. Pearce (PNNL), Nathalie A. Wall (Univ. Florida)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 116-118
Structural Contributions of Different Manganese Oxide Minerals on the Redox Transformations and Proliferation of Iodine
Ilana B. Szlamkowicz (Univ. Central Florida), Lisa M. Colon Roman (Univ. Central Florida), Lucy M. Hunley (Univ. Central Florida), Austin B. Carroll (Univ. Central Florida), Brinly B. Pereira (Univ. Central Florida), Vasileios A. Anagnostopoulos (Univ. Central Florida)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 119-122
Metal Chloride Impurity Effects on Equilibrium Potentials of Fe/FeCl2 in Molten LiCl-KCl
Matthew Newton (Univ. Utah), Gus Merwin (Kairos Power), Jake McMurray (Kairos Power), Michael Simpson (Univ. Utah)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 123-126
Benchmarking the Current Capability of BISON to Model Constituent Redistribution and Swelling in U-Zr Annular Fuels Without a Sodium Bond
Yogesh Kumar (Univ. Florida), Jacob Hirschhorn (INL), Michael Tonks (Univ. Florida)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 128-131
Phase Field Modeling of Irradiation Impact on the Corrosion Behavior of SS 316H by Molten Salt
Thompson Igunma (Univ. Florida), Michael Tonks (Univ. Florida)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 132-133
Preliminary Modeling of Molybdenum Deposition in a Molten Salt Reactor
Logan Brown (TAMU), Mark Kimber (TAMU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 134-137
Optimal Microreactor Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger Microchannel Design for a Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycle
Curtis H. Foster (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mitchell R. Erickson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gregory F. Nellis (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 138-141
Comparison of Multi-Effect Distillation and Reverse Osmosis for Nuclear-Coupled ZLD Seawater Desalination
Kristian Marril Bacarro (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Luca Mastropasqua (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mohan Qin (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael J. Wagner (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 142-144
Design of a Technology Inclusive Rapid Dose Assessment Tool
Evan Frishholz (Purdue Univ.), Jonah Lau (Purdue Univ.), Andrew Romes (Purdue Univ.), Joseph Powell (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 146-149
Workforce Development Evaluation at a TSO in a Changing Environment
Wadim Jaeger (TUV SUD Energietechnik)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 150-153
Development of an Interactive, Game-Based Nuclear Science Museum Exhibit on Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Camille S. Levine (Univ. Maryland), Samantha E. Wismer (Univ. Maryland), Ryan Painter (Nat'l Museum of Nuclear Science & History), Katrina M. Groth (Univ. Maryland)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 154-157
Activities at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to Advance Nuclear Radiation Science Among Underrepresented STEM Students
Manish Sharma (PNNL), Sagar Sharma (PNNL), Cheslan Simpson (PNNL), Kevin Bertschinger (PNNL), Adrian Garza (PNNL), Thomas Gray (PNNL), Jessica Snider (PNNL), Isabel Bahena (PNNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 158-159
MSR Necromancer: Using Large Language Models to Access Old Wisdom
Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Angel Luis Diaz Abreu (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Edan Estes-Lumpkin (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), William Ashford Tobias (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Zeke Flores (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Anneli Brackbill (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Vlad Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 160-163
Pebble-Bed-Moderated Molten-Salt Reactor with Replaceable Graphite and Alternative Fuel Cycles
Charles Forsberg (MIT), Eugene Shwageraus (Cambridge Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 170-173
Determining Fuel Salt Compositions for a Moderated Large-Sized MSR with SCALE
Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 174-177
Applications of Flowing Molten Salt Loops with Neutron Irradiation
Charles Forsberg (MIT), Dave Carpenter (MIT), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley), Kevin Robb (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 178-181
Liquid Fuel Performance Characterization
Kevin Kelly (EPRI), Brandon M. Chisholm (Southern Co.), Dan Moneghan (EPRI)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 182-185
Evaluation of Chloride Salt Fast Reactor Waste Stream Management and Research Needs
Irfan Ibrahim (Vanderbilt Univ.), Allen Croff (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steve Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Dan Moneghan (EPRI)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 186-189
Commercialization of High-Density High Assay Low Enriched Uranium Fuel Systems
Michael Catalan (PNNL), Matthew Pippin (Y-12 National Security Complex), Gunes Argon (BWXT Nuclear Fuels)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 192-195
Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table for Spent Tri-Structural Isotropic (TRISO) Particles in Storage and Transportation
Kevin Kelly (EPRI), Thomas Dabrow (MPR Assoc.), Cecile Dame (MPR Assoc.), Dan Moneghan (EPRI)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 196-199
Advanced Reactor Irradiated Graphite Lifecycle Analysis: From Source Term to Repository Performance
Liam S. Hines (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Haruko Wainwight (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 200-203
Nuclide Importance to Decay Heat in Advanced Reactors' Spent Fuel Transportation and Storage
Germina Procop (ORNL), Yves Robert (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 204-206
Preliminary Study for Recycling Heavy Metal from the Special Purpose Reactor Used Fuel in the Advanced Burner Reactor
Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 207-209
Consideration on Safety Regulation and Technical Standards of Nuclear Fuel Cycles in Korea
Yong Ki Chi (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Daehyeon Kim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 212-214
The use of the High-Density UN Fuel in Heat-Pipe Microreactors -- The Impacts of 15N Enrichment on 14C Production
Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 215-218
Estimation of Void Fraction History Using Post-Irradiation Fuel Isotopics
Tarikul Islam (Purdue Univ.), Shiming Yin (Purdue Univ.), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Germina Procop (ORNL), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 219-222
Raman Spectroscopic Characterization of Tributyl/Dibutyl Phosphate Systems Toward Monitoring of Degradation in Solvent Extraction
Justin Cooper (INL), Jessica Meires (INL), Mathew Snow (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 223-224
Transmutation of Tc-99 and I-129 in the Ex-Core Region of a PWR
Stephen Pucci (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jonathan Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 225-228
Noble Metal Transport Behavior Under Circulating Bubbles Contaminated with Surfactants in MSR
Huihua Yang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Qiyun Cheng (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Wei Ji (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 230-233
Application of the Sourdough Fuel Cycle for Rapid Decarbonization of Electric Grids
C. Erika Moss (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), John P. Carter (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 234-237
Fluoride Salt Separation of Uranium from Fission Products
Taryn Gibbs (Oregon State), Alexander Chemey (Oregon State)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 238-240
Copper and Bismuth-Based Sorbent Characterization in Simulated Iodine Off-Gas Streams
Kathryn M. Peruski (ORNL), Katherine R. Johnson (ORNL), Chase C. Cobble (ORNL), Brian J. Riley (PNNL), Josef Matyas (PNNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 241-243
A Numerical Model to Characterize Gas Flow in Complex Stress Corrosion Crack-Like Geometries
Jonah Lau (Purdue Univ.), Yadu Sasikumar (ORNL), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.), Rose Montgomery (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 246-249
Machine Learning-Assisted Chemometrics for Concentration Detection from Linear Sweep Voltammetry Measurements
Alexandra Akins (ANL), Amber Polke (ANL), Steven DelaCruz (ANL), Nathan Hoyt (ANL), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 250-253
AI-Assisted Core Design and Optimization for Boiling Water Reactors
M.J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), M.R. Oktavian (Blue Wave AI Labs), M. Berardi (Blue Wave AI Labs), A. Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), S. Banerjee (Blue Wave AI Labs), P. McCalley (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Heim (Blue Wave AI Labs), J.T. Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), A. Kankkunen (Blue Wave AI Labs)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 254-257
Modeling Separation of Actinides from Fission Products in a Zone Refining Process for Metallic Fuel Rods
Jonathan Dromey (Univ. Utah), Hayden Hansen (Univ. Utah), Ethan Rose (Univ. Utah), Tae-Sic Yoo (INL), Michael Simpson (Univ. Utah)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 258-261
Reducing Spent Nuclear Fuel Radioactivity Through Medical Application
Nathaniel J. Cross (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 262-265
A Historical Review of the Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel Through 2021
Kevin J. Connolly (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 268-271
Open-Source Reactor-to-Repository Python Framework for Evaluating Spent Nuclear Fuel from Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Haruko Wainwright (MIT), Chloe Christiaen (Ecole Polytechnique), Milos I. Atz (Ultra Safe Nuclear), John Sebastian Tchakerian (MIT), Jiankai Yu (MIT), Gavin K. Ridley (MIT), Krishna Sunder (Univ. Chicago), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 272-275
Potential Burnup Indicator Identification Based on Power History Decomposition
Shiming Yin (Purdue Univ.), Tarikul Islam (Purdue Univ.), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Germina Procop (ORNL), Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 276-279
Update on Parallel Process Execution in the Next Generation System Analysis Model
H. Gadey (INL), R. Joseph (INL), B. Gutherman (Gutherman Technical Services), L. Vander Wal (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 280-283
Community Comments and Social Media Interactions as a Basis for Informing Consent-Based Siting of Spent Nuclear Fuel Facilities
Matthew S. Weber (Rutgers Univ.), Rachel Acosta (Rutgers Univ.), Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 284-287
Study on Fusion Safety Concept Based on Nuclear Safety (1) Fusion Safety Objective and Principles
Yoshiki Yamashita (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Takashi Ino (Kyoto Fusioneering)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 292-295
Multi-Objective Optimization of Low-Activation Sintering Additives for Silicon Carbide Composites Using Neutronics and CALPHAD
James Xu (MIT), Myles Stapelberg (MIT), Sara Ferry (MIT), Ethan Peterson (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 296-298
Study on Fusion Safety Concept Based on Nuclear Safety (2) Defense in Depth in Fusion Safety
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 299-302
Autonomous Operations for Advanced Reactors Utilizing Supervisory Control
Lauren Fortier (MIT), Sacit Cetiner (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 306-309
Robustness of Deep-Reinforcement-Learning Control for Fast Load-Following-Operation of S-CO2 Microreactor
Jeong Yeol Baek (KAIST), Taeyeon Min (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 310-313
Evaluation of Reactor State Identification with Machine and Deep Learning Using Real Data
Julian Mauricio Cruz Rojas (Purdue Univ.), Konstantinos Vasili (Purdue Univ.), Zachery Thomas Dahm (Purdue Univ.), William Richards (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 314-317
Microreactor Simulation Performance Analysis for Real-Time Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed
Jono McConnell (ORNL), Pradeep Ramuhalli (ORNL), Wesley C. Williams (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 318-321
Proof-of-Concept for Sensor Modeling in MOOSE for the Design of Autonomous Nuclear Reactor Control
Farhana Farha (INL), Joshua Hanophy (INL), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan), Sebastian Schunert (Radiant Nuclear), Stefano Terlizzi (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 322-325
Using Generative Pretrained Transformer to Perform System Theoretic Process Analysis for Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems
Paridhi Athe (NCSU), Han Bao (INL), Congjian Wang (INL), Edward Chen (INL), Tate H. Shorthill (INL), Nam Dinh (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 328-331
Retrieval Augmented Generation for Liquid Sodium Facility Documentation Processing
Konstantinos Prantikos (Purdue Univ.), Venetis Pallikaras (Georgia Tech), Maria Pantopoulou (Purdue Univ.), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 332-334
Nuclear TRIZ GPT: Integrating Large Language Model and TRIZ Methodologies for Nuclear Technology Innovation
Hyeon Ji Kim (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 335-336
Agentic Retrieval Augmented Generation for Advanced Reactor Thermal Hydraulic System
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 337-339
Leveraging Large Language Models for Optimizing 10 CFR 50.59 Screening
A. Bakshi (Blue Wave AI Labs), M. Brasel (Blue Wave AI Labs), A. Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), S. Banerjee (Blue Wave AI Labs), P. McCalley (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), A. Kankkunen (Blue Wave AI Labs)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 340-343
A Machine Learning Methodology for Fault Detection for Online Monitoring of Reactor Coolant Pumps
Chaitee Milind Godbole (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 346-349
Bridging the Gap Between Prognostics and Maintenance Decision-Making of Critical Assets in Nuclear Power Plants
Zihan Li (Univ. Florida), Minhee Kim (Univ. Florida)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 350-353
Anomaly Detection in Temperature Measurements of Liquid Sodium Heater Zones Using an LSTM Autoencoder
Maria Pantopoulou (Purdue Univ.), Derek Kultgen (ANL), Konstantinos Prantikos (Purdue Univ.), Lefteri Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 354-357
Design, Construction, and Plans for the FISHtank: A Physical Testbed for Health Monitoring and Controls Research
David Anderson (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Avery Bateman (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Xingang Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 358-361
Residual Error Time-Series Forecasting for Anomaly Detection in Nuclear Reactor Data
Zachery Dahm (Purdue Univ.), William Richards (Purdue Univ.), Konstantinos Vasili (Purdue Univ.), Vasileos Theos (Purdue Univ.), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 362-365
AI Powered Nuclear Reactor Core Instrumentation Diagnostics
M. Berardi (Blue Wave AI Labs), G.J. Mendis (Blue Wave AI Labs), M.J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), A. Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Heim (Blue Wave AI Labs), J.T. Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), A. Kankkunen (Blue Wave AI Labs)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 366-369
Early Demonstration of Human Factors Concepts of Operations for Advanced Reactors
Ronald Boring (INL), Thomas Ulrich (INL), Roger Lew (Univ. Idaho)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 372-375
Autonomous Algorithm Mitigating a Loss of DHRS During Mid-Loop Operations
Shirley A. Yong (Univ. Idaho), Dakota Roberson (Univ. Idaho), David Arcilesi (Univ. Idaho)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 376-378
Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation for Representative Human Reliability Analysis Methods
Jooyoung Park (INL), Ronald Boring (INL), Zhegang Ma (INL), Seungwoo Lee (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Dongwon Lee (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 379-382
Enhanced Method of Evaluating the Training/Experience Performance-Shaping Factor Using Objective Metrics
Jisuk Kim (INL), Jooyoung Park (INL), Thomas A. Ulrich (INL), Ronald L. Boring (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 383-385
Utilizing ROVs and Photogrammetry for Improved Inspection of Nuclear Plants
Andrew Lawrence (Deep Trekker)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 386-386
Evaluating Lightweight Cryptography Algorithms for Nuclear Environment Applications
Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Vasileios Theos (Purdue Univ.), Seda Yilmaz (Purdue Univ.), Shripad Revankar (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 388-391
Identifying Practical QKD Parameter Correlations Through NuQKD Simulation
Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Vasileios Theos (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 392-395
Detection of Neodymium and Surrogate Materials via Laser-Induced Fluorescence
Londrea J. Garrett (Univ. Michigan), Milos Burger (Univ. Michigan), Ammon Williams (INL), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 396-398
A Study of TRIGA Mk II Reactor Noise
Jacqueline R. Cottingham (Univ. Texas, Austin), William Charlton (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Jim Terry (Univ. Texas, Austin), Rodrigo Viveros Duran (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 399-402
Development of an Efficient Calculation Method for the Design and Analysis of Experiments in the Flux Trap of the High Flux Isotope Reactor
Z. Karriem (ORNL), A. Souders (ORNL), D. Crawford (ORNL), L. Delmau (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 406-409
Production of Ac-225 and Other Neptunium Chain Isotopes from Thorium Irradiation in NETL's TRIGA
Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), William Charlton (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 410-413
A Workflow to Optimize Fast Neutron Irradiation in a Thermal Neutron Spectrum Test Reactor Leveraging Open-Source Tools
Mustafa K. Jaradat (INL), Jason V. Brookman (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 414-417
Production of Medically Desirable Radioisotopes in the EIRENE Molten Salt Reactor
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 418-421
Nondeterministic Particle Beam Optimization Applied to Industrial Isotope Separators
Peter Norgard (Univ. Missouri)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 422-424
Matrix Profile Driven Cross-Structure Modeling of Background Radiation Measurements Applied to Anomaly Detection in Nuclear Security
Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 426-428
A Survey of Nuclear Power for Data Centers
Xander Bard (Ohio State), Richard Denning (Ohio State), Lei R. Cao (Ohio State)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 429-432
Radioactive Isotope Identification from NaI Gamma-ray Spectra with Deep Learning
Konstantinos Vasili (Purdue Univ.), William Richards (Purdue Univ.), Jordan Larson (Purdue Univ.), Matthew Walter Halloran (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 433-436
Methodology for the Evaluation of Critical Components of the Scatterable Radiation Monitor Under Radiation Fields
Matthew Niichel (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 437-440
Variance Reduction in Gamma Transport for Predicting Teller Light
Jeffrey Musk II (Oregon State), Camille Palmer (Oregon State), Todd Palmer (Oregon State), Jeremy Osborn (Sandia), Marc Welliver (Sandia)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 441-444
Resolving Temperature Feedback Anomalies in Monte Carlo Neutron Transport Codes
William Fritsch (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Gabriel Lentchner (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Noah Walton (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Robert Crowder (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ethan Wever (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Vlad Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 450-453
Variance Reduction and Population Control for Time-Dependent Neutron Transport
Jordan Northrop (Oregon State), Ilham Variansyah (Oregon State), Todd Palmer (Oregon State), Camille J. Palmer (Oregon State)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 454-457
Criticality Calculations with Negative Angular Distributions in Monte Carlo Simulations
Parth Singh (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Hunter Belanger (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 458-461
Hyperreduction for Neutron Transport
Quincy Huhn (TAMU), Suparno Bhattcharyya (TAMU), Jean Ragusa (TAMU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 462-465
Bell Function-Based Analytic Two-Region Slowing Down Method for Double Heterogeneous Problem
Hansol Park (ANL), Yeon Sang Jung (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 466-469
Compressed Sensing Application on a Monte Carlo Code Mesh Tally
Ethan Lame (Oregon State), Camille Palmer (Oregon State), Todd Palmer (Oregon State)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 472-476
Exact Perturbation Method for k-Eigenvalue Estimation in Monte Carlo Calculation
Yunki Jo (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 477-480
SCALE MAVRIC-ORIGEN: Shutdown Dose Estimation in an Entire Facility Using DENOVO Fluxes
Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Cihangir Celik (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 481-484
Construction of a Reduced Order Model for Digital Twins in TRIGA Reactors
John Ross (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ben Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 485-488
New Systems in MOOSE
Guillaume L. Giudicelli (INL), Alexander Lindsay (INL), Logan Harbour (INL), Peter German (INL), Mengnan Li (INL), Kylee Swanson (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 489-492
Comparison of Hybrid and Pure Machine Learning Models in Limited Data Scenarios
Aidan Furlong (NCSU), Xingang Zhao (ORNL), Bob Salko (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 494-497
OpenMC Variance Reduction by Adjoint Spatial Distribution Source Sampling
Bamidele Ebiwonjumi (MIT), Ethan Peterson (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 498-501
Study of the Impact of the New Chlorine-35 Evaluation on Molten-Salt Reactors Operation
Amr Sadek (NCSU), Fadel Nasr (NCSU), Muhammad Altahhan (NCSU), Tommy Cisneros (TerraPower), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Yousry Azmy (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 502-505
Nuclear Data Uncertainty Quantification in LFR Pin Cell Using SANDY and Serpent
Carles Montoliu (NCSU), Spencer Ercanbrack (NCSU), Muhammad Altahhan (NCSU), David Holler (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU), Maria Avramova (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 506-509
Evaluating the Uncertainty Effects of Carbon Nuclear Data on Pebble Bed Reactor Physics: A Comparative Study of ENDF/B-VII.1 and ENDF/B-VIII.0
Amr Sadek (NCSU), Mahmoud Yaseen (NCSU), Spencer Ercanbrack (NCSU), Muhammad Altahhan (NCSU), Xu Wu (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 510-513
Importance Factor Analysis of Parameter Search for MCNP-to-Sensor Surface Mapping
James Daniell (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Ayodeji Alajo (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 516-519
A Methodology for Thermal Limit Bias Predictability Through Artificial Intelligence
Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), M.J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 520-523
Deep Operator Network Based Surrogate Model Development for Perturbed Pipe Flow Heat Transfer
Qiyun Cheng (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Md Hossain Sahadath (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Huihua Yang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Wei Ji (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 524-527
Enhancing Reactor Dynamics Simulations with a Hybrid Neural Network Model
Hui-Yu Hsieh (TAMU), Thabit Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 528-531
Preliminary Steady-State Thermal Hydraulics Analysis of Mixed HEU-LEU Transition Cores for the MIT Research Reactor with Statistical Uncertainty Propagation Using STAT7 Code
Sero Yang (ANL), Tyler Sumner (ANL), Alberto Talamo (ANL), Kyle Anderson (ANL), David Jaluvka (ANL), John Stillman (ANL), Dhongik Yoon (ANL), Walid Mohamed (ANL), Lin-wen Hu (MIT), Erik Wilson (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 534-537
Interpretable Machine Learning Approaches for Predicting Critical Heat Flux
Elvan Sahin (Virginia Tech), Juliana P. Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 538-541
UZrCN Formation via Arc Melting -- A Novel Synthesis Study
David Sanches (INL), James Zillinger (INL), Sarah Hamilton (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 546-549
Molten Salt Synthesis of Transition Metal and Lanthanide Nitride Surrogates for Actinide Nitride Fuels
Victoria Augustine (Oregon State), Devin McGlamery (Oregon State), Esteban Espinoza (Oregon State), Alexander Chemey (Oregon State)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 550-553
Molten Salt Synthesis of Functional Carbide Materials
Devin McGlamery (Oregon State), Victoria Augustine (Oregon State), Esteban Espinoza (Oregon State), Alexander Chemey (Oregon State)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 554-557
RoM Thermal Property Development for NTP Advanced Carbides in Bison
Jeremy D. Smith (Univ. Florida), Jhonathan Rosales (Marshall Space Flight Center), Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 558-560
Method for Estimating Uranium Mass in High-Level Radioactive Debris Using Gamma Spectroscopy
Dagistan Sahin (NIST Center for Neutron Research), H. Heather Chen-Mayer (NIST), Bryan Remley (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Osman S. Celikten (Univ. Maryland), Anil Gurgen (Univ. Maryland)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 561-565
Modeling UN Fission Gas Release in BISON for Microreactor Applications
Kaylee Cunningham (MIT), Christopher Matthews (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 568-571
Preliminary Investigation of CRUD for Natural Circulation SMR from High-Pressure Test Loop
Ju Hun Jung (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 572-573
Interfacial Analysis of Blister Formation in U-10Mo Mini-Plates
William A. Hanson (INL), Jan-Fong Jue (INL), Adam B. Robinson (INL), Katie A. Hawkins (INL), Margaret A. Marshall (INL), Dennis D. Keiser Jr. (INL), Jeffrey J. Giglio (INL), James I. Cole (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 574-577
Processing-Microstructure-Tensile Performance Nexus in Pure Molybdenum
Holden C. Hyer (ORNL), Sebastien Dryepondt (ORNL), Thomas R. Muth (ORNL), Jim Nash (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 578-581
Non-Contact Strain Measurement Methods for Tensile Tests
Benjamin Arms (Univ. Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 582-584
Optimizing the ATF-2Ramp Power Profile
Travis Labossiere-Hickman (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), David Kamerman (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 586-588
A Data-Driven Framework for Modeling Strength Surface in Complete Theory of Phase-Field Fracture
K.M. Zaheen Nasir (NCSU), Wen Jiang (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 589-592
Segmentation of Microscopic Defects in Pulsed Infrared Thermography Images of Metals
Jordan Stone (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Xin Zhang (ANL), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 593-596
Primary Damage Cascade Simulations in Tungsten Using the Allegro Machine Learning Interatomic Potential
Danna Jia (MIT), Myles Stapelberg (MIT), Michael Short (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 597-600
Creep Analysis of Piping Component Structures in Nuclear Reactors with Machine Learning
Ugur Cotul (Purdue Univ.), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 601-604
NSUF Capabilities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Reactor (MITR)
Nesrin Cetiner (MIT), David Carpenter (MIT), Tom Bork (MIT), Gordon Kohse (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Lance Snead (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 606-609
MCCAFE: The Monte Carlo Constructor for ATR Fuel Elements
Travis Labossiere-Hickman (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 610-611
Benchmarking MCNP Models to Support Gamma Irradiation Experiments
Ajaykumar D. Patel (Univ. Buffalo), Evans D. Kitcher (INL), Dean R. Peterman (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 612-615
Simulation of General Atomics Legacy GF-4 Capsule Irradiation Test
Brian Cluggish (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Brian Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 616-619
Standardization of Ion Irradiation Experimental Procedures for Nuclear Materials Research
Stephen Taller (ORNL), Gary Was (Univ. Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 620-620
Corrosion Behaviors of SS316 in NaCl-KCl-UClx Salts
Jun Woo Park (KAIST), Jong-Il Yun (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 622-624
Corrosion Performance of SPS Ni-Alloys in FLiNaK Salt
Gabriel Lewis (Univ. Idaho), Haiyan Zhao (Univ. Idaho), Djamel Kaoumi (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 625-627
Development of the Rotating Cylinder Electrode for Molten Salt Corrosion Measurement
Ranon Fuller (Brigham Young Univ.), Kaiden Exon (Brigham Young Univ.), Devin Rappleye (Brigham Young Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 628-630
Zero-Dimensional Chemical Corrosion Model in Kairos Power's Advanced Systems Code
Samuel Richesson (Kairos Power), Sam Mossadeghian (Kairos Power), Haihua Zhao (Kairos Power)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 631-633
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Molten Salt Irradiation Flow Loop Detector Simulation
Seth Dayawansa (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Charles Forsberg (MIT), David Carpenter (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 634-637
Improved Solid Angle Formulas for use in Criticality Hand Calculations
Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 642-645
Bias and Bias Uncertainty for High-Burnup and Extended Enrichment Fuels in Criticality Safety Analyses Validation Studies
A. Lang (ORNL), M.N. Dupont (ORNL), A.M. Shaw (ORNL), W.A. Metwally (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), C. Celik (ORNL), V. Karriem (ORNL), L. Reed Fassino (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 646-649
What is a Criticality Safety Officer at Savannah River Site
Tracy E. Stover (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 650-653
CAAS Detectability and Source Term Considerations
Timothy Jackson (Y-12 National Security Complex)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 654-657
Standardized Criticality Safety Limits in Decommissioning Support at Los Alamos
Trevor Stewart (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 658-660
Recognizing Unrecognized Sources of Uncertainty (USU) in Nuclear Data
Jesse M. Brown (ORNL), Vladimir Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 664-667
Correlated Sampling to Reduce the Uncertainty of Combinations of keff Sensitivities
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 668-671
Quantifying the Impact of Isotopically Dependent Fuel TSLs on LCT Systems in VALID
Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), William J. Marshall (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 672-674
Low Energy Light Output Measurement of EJ301D and D-Stilbene
C.A. Irvine (LANL), T.C. Borgwardt (LANL), R.A. Weldon Jr. (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 675-677
Resolved Resonance Evaluation for 95Mo from Thermal to 5,000 eV
Luiz Leal (ORNL), Nicolas Leclaire (IRSN), Travis Greene (ORNL), Marco T. Pigni (ORNL), Klaus Guber (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 678-681
The Prompt Fission Uranium Neutron Spectrum (PFUNS) Experiment: Critical Configurations and Irradiations
J. Hutchinson (LANL), T. Cutler (LANL), M. Gooden (LANL), T. Grove (LANL), J. Lee (LANL), D. Neudecker (LANL), R. Sanchez (LANL), N. Whitman (LANL), R. Weldon (LANL), N. Wynne (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 684-687
Gamma Neutron Correlated Noise of the EUCLID Critical Experiment
Cole Kostelac (LANL), Robert Weldon (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Ayodeji Alajo (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 688-691
Chlorine Validation Through Critical Integral Experiments
Eric Aboud (LLNL), Allan Krass (LLNL), Ruby Araj (LLNL), Catherine Percher (LLNL), Daniel Siefman (LLNL), David Heinrichs (LLNL), Theresa Cutler (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 692-695
Status of the CERBERUS Evaluation for the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP) Handbook
Kelsey Amundson (LANL), Zachariah Lemke (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 696-699
Assessment of Measurement Uncertainties in the Jupiter High-240 Experiment
John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Alexander B. Brown (LANL), Joetta M. Goda (LANL), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL), Cole M. Kostelac (LANL), Geordie E. McKenzie (LANL), Alexander T. McSpaden (LANL), David C. Shepherd (LANL), Nicholas W. Thompson (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 700-703
Safety Cases: Assumptions Versus Reality
James Rendell (National Nuclear Laboratory)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 706-708
Functional Classification of Criticality Safety Controls at the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility
Brittany M. Williamson (Spectra Tech)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 709-710
Investigating Hydrogen Thermal Scattering Law Data with Critical Benchmarks
T.M. Greene (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), C.W. Chapman (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 711-714
Evaluation of Thermal Neutron Scattering Cross Section of α-U3O8 with Ab Initio Lattice Dynamics
Junhyoung Gil (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 715-718
An Approach to Obtaining the Best-Estimate keff for Uncertainty in ZPPR Plates
Veronica Karriem (ORNL), Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 719-722
Design Evolution of a UO2-BeO Critical Experiment
William M. Cook (Sandia), Elijah Lutz (Sandia), David Ames (Sandia)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 724-727
Sum-of-Fractions Method
Travis J. Zipperer (PNNL), Andrew W. Prichard (PNNL, Retired), Travis M. Greene (ORNL), William J. Marshall (ORNL), Alex Lang (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 728-731
The Completion of Surrogate Testing for Low-Temperature TEX and a Look Towards the Future
Eric Aboud (LLNL), Jacob Glesmann (LLNL), Jesse Norris (LLNL), Catherine Percher (LLNL), Nick Killingsworth (LLNL), Paul Yap-Chiongco (LLNL), Venkata Ravindra (National Nuclear Laboratory), Alfie O'Neill (National Nuclear Laboratory), Deborah Hill (National Nuclear Laboratory), Steve Graham (National Nuclear Laboratory)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 732-735
SCALE Developments for the U.S. Nuclear Criticality Safety Program: Recent Achievements and Outlook
K.B. Bekar (ORNL), J. Brown (ORNL), C. Celik (ORNL), T. Greene (ORNL), S.W.D. Hart (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), J.D. McDonnell (ORNL), U. Mertyurek (ORNL), S.E. Skutnik (ORNL), W.A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 736-739
IER 555: Status of Godiva-IV Benchmark (HEU-MET-FAST-086) Revision
Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL), Joetta Goda (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 740-743
Burnup Credit Loading Curves for High-Burnup and Extended Enrichment Fuels
W.A. Metwally (ORNL), A. Lang (ORNL), V. Karriem (ORNL), M.N. Dupont (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), C. Celik (ORNL), K.L. Fassino (ORNL), A.M. Shaw (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 746-748
Application of BUC for BWR Fuel in Final Disposal at SKB
Anna Alvestav (Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Mgmt. Co.), Rasmus Renberg (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Erik Dalborg (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Per Zetterstrom (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Jesper Kierkegaard (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Fredrik Johansson (Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Mgmt. Co.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 749-752
Development of Nuclear Data Measurements Capabilities at the Spallation Neutron Source
Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Luke Daemen (ORNL), Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Zain Karriem (ORNL), Antonio Moreira Dos Santos (ORNL), Jamie Molaison (ORNL), Klaus Guber (ORNL), Luiz Leal (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 753-756
Analysis of NCERC Critical Experiments with ENDF/B Nuclear Data Libraries
Peter Brain (LANL), Kelsey Amundson (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Noah Kleedtke (LANL), Alex McSpaden (LANL), Nick Thompson (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 757-760
Calculation of Extended Subcritical Mass Limits in ANSI/ANS-8.1-2014
T.M. Greene (ORNL), D.G. Bowen (ORNL), G. Radulescu (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 762-765
Criticality Safety Validation Methods for Heat-Source Plutonium
James Suthon (Univ. New Mexico), Christopher Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 766-768
Lessons Learned in Drafting ANSI/ANS-8.28-2024, Administrative Practices for the Use of Nondestructive Assay Measurements for Nuclear Criticality Safety
Jeff Chapman (National Nuclear Security Administration), Ernest Elliott (BWX Technologies)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 769-770
Exploration of Firefighting Techniques and how this Affects Criticality Safety Advice at Sellafield Ltd
David Kirkwood (Sellafield), Amy van der Vyver (Sellafield)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 771-774
Investigation of Benchmark keff Sensitivity and Uncertainty for 239Pu Fission in Specific Energy Ranges
J. Hutchinson (LANL), K. Amundson (LANL), P. Brain (LANL), T. Cutler (LANL), N. Kleedtke (LANL), R. Little (LANL), D. Neudecker (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 775-778
Why the US Needs an Enduring Plutonium Critical Assembly
J. Hutchinson (LANL), C. Kostelac (LANL), R. Little (LANL), J. Marlow (LANL), J. McKamy (LANL), G. McMath (LANL), K. Stolte (LANL), G. McKenzie (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 780-783
Importance of Higher Fidelity Model Geometries During Optimization of Critical Experiments
Peter Brain (LANL), Kelsey Amundson (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Noah Kleedtke (LANL), Eric Williamson (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 784-787
The PARADIGM Project: Case Study in Balancing Experiment Uncertainty with Design Simplicity
T. Cutler (LANL), K. Amundson (LANL), P. Brain (LANL), M. Devlin (LANL), N. Gibson (LANL), J. Hutchinson (LANL), N. Kleedtke (LANL), R. Little (LANL), D. Neudecker (LANL), E. Williamson (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 788-791
Neutron Noise Analysis on Simulated Scatter-Based Detector List Mode Data for Subcritical MUSiC Configurations Using MCNP6.3 PTRAC
Luke Oukrop (LANL), Robert Weldon (LANL), Travis Grove (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Rene Sanchez (LANL), Geordie McKenzie (LANL), Alexander McSpaden (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 792-794
Preliminary Benchmark Uncertainties for Deimos, a HALEU-Fueled and Graphite-Moderated Advanced Reactor Testbed
Peter Brain (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Kristin Stolte (LANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 795-798
TsunamiFloodProtection - System
Jens Wieneke (INNOMECOM)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 802-805
A Preliminary Review of Digital Instrumentation and Control Failure Events in U.S. Nuclear Power Plants
Tao Liu (INL), Zhegang Ma (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 806-809
Initial Selection of Licensing Basis Events for the Fast Modular Reactor
John Bolin (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 810-812
Kass-Steffey Adjustment for CCF Alpha Factor Model Parameters
Gyun Seob Song (Chung-Ang Univ.), Man Cheol Kim (Chung-Ang Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 813-814
Holistic Approach for Safe Long-Term Operation of Nuclear Installations
Keiko Chitose (Nuclear Energy Agency), Didier Jacquemain (Nuclear Energy Agency)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 816-817
Contact Pressure Assessment Between ICI Tube and Lower Head in Severe Accidents
Kukhee Lim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Yong Jin Cho (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 818-821
Analysis of Core Catcher Design Characteristics for Thermal Margins: Inclined Wall Effects on the CHF
Min Suk Lee (KAIST), Yong Hoon Jeong (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 822-825
Analyzing a TRISO Particle-Coating Chemical Vapor Deposition Coater Using the Integrated System Failure Analysis Method
Daniel Layer (Ohio State), Vinicius Zanardo Rodrigues (Ohio State), Xiaoxu Diao (Ohio State), Carol Smidts (Ohio State)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 826-829
Sensitivity Studies on Fuel Burnup and Plutonium Buildup in Pebble Bed Reactors for Fuel Parameter Perturbations
Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Sunil Chirayath (ORNL), Donald N. Kovacic (ORNL), Jianwei Hu (ORNL), Philip Gibbs (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 834-837
Non-Proliferation Risk Model For Small Nuclear Reactors
Igor Dubinsky (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rizwan-uddin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 838-840
Select Proliferation Studies for TRISO-Fueled, Heat-Pipe-Cooled Microreactors
Sweet Shanahan (INL), Nelson Snow (INL), Quinton Williams (Oregon State), Camille Palmer (Oregon State), Stefano Terlizzi (INL), Ishita Trivedi (INL), Ryan Stewart (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 841-844
Metal-Latticed Collimators for Radiation Portal Monitors
Ethan Wever (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Collin Webb (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), JungHyun Bae (ORNL), Robert Bean (ORNL), Stefano Tognini (ORNL), Paul Cantonwine (ORNL), Alex Enders (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 848-851
A Comprehensive Data File Format for Radiation Portal Monitors
JungHyun Bae (ORNL), Alexander Enders (ORNL), Charles Massey (IAEA), Jake Livesay (IB3Global), Christopher Blessinger (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 852-855
3D Analysis for Generalized Muon Trajectory Estimation Algorithm
Reshma Ughade (Purdue Univ.), JungHyun Bae (ORNL), Paul Cantonwine (ORNL), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 856-859
Comparison of GADRAS and GADRAS-DRF in Support of Arms Control
Tanner Heatherly (Oregon State), Camille Palmer (Oregon State), Odera Dim (Brookhaven)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 860-863
Evaluation of Operational Benefits of Retrofitting Nuclear-Renewable Integrated Energy Systems at Coal Plant Sites
Muhammad R. Abdussami (Univ. Michigan), Johanna L. Mathieu (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 868-871
Comparison of Natural Gas and Nuclear Energy Driven Solvent Based Direct Air Capture: An Economic Review
Md Akhlak Bin Aziz (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Timothy Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Caleb Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 872-875
Integrating Advanced Reactors into University Campus Microgrids
Timothy P. Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Dimitri Kalinichenko (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Reynaldo Guerrero (Xendee), Nishaant Sinha (Xendee), Michael Stadler (Xendee), James Reilly (Reilly Assoc.), Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 876-879
Short Term Power Forecasting of a Nuclear Hybrid Energy System Using Machine Learning
Rita Appiah (Purdue Univ.), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Luciano Castillo (Purdue Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 880-883
Capacity Expansion Analysis of Small Modular Reactors
Manit D. Shah (ORNL), Greg Westphal (ORNL), Wesley C. Williams (ORNL), J. Michael Grappone (LLNL), Matthew Signorotti (LLNL), Philip Cameron-Smith (LLNL), J.P. Watson (LLNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 886-888
Quantifying Cost Reduction Pathways for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Botros Hanna (INL), Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL), Levi Larsen (INL), Jia Zhou (ANL), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 889-892
Approaches to Deploy Multi-Unit Plants for Scale and Cost Effectiveness
Assil Halimi (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 893-896
Economic Evaluation of Process Heat Utilization of PWR Type SMRs
Changmin Yoon (KAIST), Nayoung Kim (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 897-900
Accounting for National Regulatory Differences in Nuclear Plant Cost Estimates
Christopher Forsyth (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 901-904
Fission Battery Competition for On-Site Heat and Electricity Generation: A Review
Charles Forsberg (MIT)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 906-909
Toward Cost-Competitive Microreactors
Botros N. Hanna (INL), Rodrigo de Oliveira (INL), Mike W. Patterson (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 910-913
Factory Fabrication Modeling of a High Temperature Gas Reactor Fission Battery
Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Rodrigo Gonzalez Gonzaga de Oliveira (INL), Dan McCarthy (Munro and Assoc.), Sai P. Balla (INL), Botros Hanna (INL), Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 914-916
Mass-Production Techno-Economics of a High Temperature Gas-Cooled Fission Battery
Botros N. Hanna (INL), Sai P. Balla (MIT), Rodrigo G. de Oliveira (INL), Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Dan McCarthy (Munro and Assoc.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 917-920
Direct Contact Condensation Effects in Water-Cooled SMR Systems
Kenneth Lee Fossum (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Clay Lietwiler (Holtec Int'l)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 922-925
The Fuel-Clad Transient Behavior of Uprated NuScale Using MELCOR
Mohammad Amer Allaf (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Émile Zaccomer (École Polytechnique), Grace Ejnik (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Juliana Pacheco Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 926-929
High-Resolution Temperature Measurements on Sodium Heat Pipes Applied to Microreactors
Erik M. Tillman (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Taigo A. Moreira (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gregory F. Nellis (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 930-933
High Performance Heat Pipe Power Transient Testing at SPHERE Facility
Zachary Sellers (INL), Jeremy Hartvigsen (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 934-937
An Innovative Approach to Beta Nuclear Battery Using Cyclotron Emission
Sungbeen Park (KAIST), Bin Ahn (KAIST), Jee Hyun Seong (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 940-943
Manipulating Forms Loss Coefficients to Correct Channel Flow Distribution
Caleb Miller (Univ. Texas, Austin), Benjamin Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 944-946
Modeling Natural Circulation of Single-Phase Molten Salt
Ethan Rozak (Univ. Texas, Austin), Eduardo Borges Issa (Univ. Texas, Austin), Cole Gentry (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 947-950
High Temperature Molten Salt Lubricated Hydrodynamic Bearing Test Facility with Distilled Water Pre-Test
Yuqi Liu (Univ. New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 951-954
An Integrated Operation and Simulation Approach for Design and Analysis of Molten Salt-Based Systems
Tristan R. Villarreal (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ethan R. Rozak (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 956-959
Core-Physics Features and Analysis of the Integral Compact Reactor
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 960-963
Comparative Analysis of Heat Exchangers for High-Temperature High-Pressure Helium Component Testing
Zachary Sellers (INL), Silvino Balderrama (INL), David Arcilesi (Univ. Idaho), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 964-966
Robustness of DRL Control for Long-Term Operating S-CO2 Microreactor
Jeong Yeol Baek (KAIST), Jeong Min Baek (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 967-970
Selection of Reload Fuel TRU Fraction for Online Refueling of Waste-Burning Stable Salt Reactor
Seungug Jae (Univ. Michigan), Won Sik Yang (Univ. Michigan), Thanh Hua (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 976-979
Effect of Turbulent Diffusion on Delayed Neutron Precursors in the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE)
Mohamed H. Elhareef (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 980-983
Dynamic Analysis of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) Using Uranium-233 Fuel Salt: A Multi-Physics Simulation Approach
Faisal A. Alseaidan (Univ. California, Berkeley), Tatiana Siaraferas (Univ. California, Berkeley), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 984-987
Coupled Neutronics -- Thermal-Hydraulics -- Thermomechanics Modeling of Molten Chloride Reactor
Mauricio Tano (INL), Ramiro Freile (INL), Rodrigo de Oliveira (INL), Samuel A. Walker (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 988-991
Impact of Heaters on Molten Salt Reactor Dynamics
Thabit Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 992-995
Development of SCALE Input Generation and Output Processing for Licensing Applications
Harrison Reisinger (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 998-1001
Multiphysics Continuous Shape Optimization of the TAP Reactor Components
Muhammad Ramzy Altahhan (NCSU), Lynn Munday (INL), Yousry Azmy (NCSU)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1002-1005
Multiphysics Demonstration of Temperature-Driven Assembly Bowing in SFRs Using MOOSE-Based Codes
Gang Yang (ANL), Nick Wozniak (ANL), Emily Shemon (ANL), Benjamin Spencer (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1006-1009
Demonstration and Verification of Thermo-Mechanical Bowing in a Limited Free-Bow SFR Concept Using MOOSE
Nicholas Wozniak (ANL), Emily Shemon (ANL), Benjamin Spencer (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1010-1013
Comparison of Neutronics Modelling Methods for the Fast Modular Reactor
Dylan Garofalo (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1014-1017
Development of Neutron Energy Group Structure for FR Depletion Calculation
Masato Yamamoto (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Hiroki Koike (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Koji Asano (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1020-1023
Peacock: Development of a New Continuous Energy Monte Carlo Transport Code
William C. Dawn (Studsvik Scandpower), Charles Wemple (Studsvik Scandpower), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower), Rodolfo M. Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower), Joel Rhodes III (Studsvik Scandpower)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1024-1027
Development and Verification of a Pin-by-Pin NEM-SP3 Solver
Sicheng Wang (Hanyang Univ.), Ser Gi Hong (Hanyang Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1028-1031
A Simple Resonance Calculation Approach for Space-Dependent Self-Shielding
Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1032-1035
Comparative Analysis of Heat Deposition Rates and DPA in the HFIR Flux Trap to Support LEU Conversion
K.M. Burg (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), D. Chandler (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), Y.E. Robert (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1038-1041
Development Status of MCSTD-GPU: GPU-Based Monte Carlo Time-Dependent Code for Reactor Transient Analysis
Eun Jeong (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1042-1045
Code-to-Code Verification of the ARC Codes on a 1500 MWth Metallic-Fueled SFR Core
Ahmed A. Abdelhameed (ANL), Kyle Ramey (ANL), Kalin Kiesling (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1046-1049
Flux Characterization of Washington State University's Epithermal Neutron Beam Facility
Travis J. Zipperer (PNNL), Larry R. Greenwood (PNNL), Bruce D. Pierson (PNNL), Walter G. Luscher (PNNL), Hillary L. Bennett (Washington State), Corey Hines (Washington State)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1050-1052
2D Cylindrical SP3 Transport Calculation Using Finite Volume Method with Cross-Diffusion Treatment for Unstructured Meshes
Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1053-1056
Development of the ENDF/B-VII.1 and VIII.0 AMPX 61- and 258-Group Libraries for SCALE 7.0/Polaris LWR Analysis
Kang Seog Kim (ORNL), Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL), Byoung-Kyu Jeon (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1058-1061
Development of an Advanced Cross-Section Model Including Control Rod Depletion
Jinsu Park (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Wisoo Jeong (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Changhyun Lim (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1062-1065
Error Propagation Analysis, from LWR Assemblies to Plants, Using SCALE/Polaris-PARCS with the ENDF/B-VII.1 and VIII.0 AMPX 56-Group Libraries
Kang Seog Kim (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1066-1069
Status of New Models Hosted on the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) in 2024
Lise Charlot (INL), Emily Shemon (ANL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Samuel Walker (INL), Jun Fang (ANL), Tingzhou Fei (ANL), Hansol Park (ANL), Yiqi Yu (ANL), Shikhar Kumar (ANL), Nicolas Stauff (ANL), Ahmed Abdelhameed (ANL), Paolo Balestra (INL), Mustafa Jaradat (INL), Namjae Choi (INL), Javier Ortensi (INL), Vasileios Kyriakopoulos (INL), Mauricio Tano Retamales (INL), Joshua Hansel (INL), Stefano Terlizzi (INL), Zachary Prince (INL), Vincent Laboure (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1072-1075
Development of the DOME Shield Model for the NRIC Virtual Test Bed
Mohamed Elkamash (INL), Lise Charlot (INL), Mustafa K. Jaradat (INL), Shikhar Kumar (ANL), Joffrey Dorville (ANL), Emily Shemon (ANL), Paul Romano (ANL), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1076-1079
NEAMS Microreactor Models Submitted to the VTB in 2024
Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Ahmed Abdelhameed (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Emily Shemon (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1080-1083
Infrastructure Improvements in the National Reactor Innovation Center Virtual Test Bed
Guillaume L. Giudicelli (INL), Logan Harbour (INL), Ryan J. Scott (INL), Dempsey D. Rogers (INL), Casey Icenhour (INL), Lise Charlot (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1084-1086
Streaming in a Nuclear-Grade Sandwich Composite for Microreactor Shielding
Ryan H. Stewart (INL), Samuel Bays (INL), Adam Zabriskie (INL), Joshua Zelina (INL), Robert Spears (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1087-1090
Development of an Equilibrium Model of the HTR-10 Using a Transuranic Fuel Vector
Annie Berens (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1094-1097
Preliminary Verification of Cross-Section Generation for Pebble-Bed Reactor Core Analysis Using Griffin
Changho Lee (ANL), Shikhar Kumar (ANL), Hansol Park (ANL), Javier Ortensi (INL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1098-1101
Reactivity Insertion Accident Simulation of Small Modular Reactor Based on Multi-Dimensional Core Transient Analysis Code System
Jin-Woo Park (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Yeong-Uk Jo (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Dae-Gwang Hong (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Byeong-Il Jang (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Sung-Ju Cho (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1102-1104
Comparative Analysis of Simplified Model for Simulating Flexible Operation in Small Modular Reactor
Inji Han (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Bum Hee Jo (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Seung Ryeol Yang (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1106-1109
Assessment of Boron Concentration Requirement to Maintain Subcriticality After MINI-21 Reactor Shutdown
John Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Gray Chang (JFoster & Assoc.), Pat Moo (JFoster & Assoc.), Julie Foster (JFoster & Assoc.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1110-1113
The Analysis of Controlling Reactivity Based on Coolant Temperature for Soluble Boron-Free SMR Core
Na Yeon Seo (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Seong Ho Park (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Junggyu Lee (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1114-1117
Evaluation of Core Characteristics of Soluble-Boron-Free Core and Boric-Acid Core SMRs
Jong Hoon Kim (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Bum Hee Jo (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Jin Sun Kim (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Gong Hoon Bae (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1118-1121
Evaluation of Xenon Induced Reactivity Insertion Allowance for Control Rod Withdrawal Accident Analysis in Soluble Boron-Free Innovative SMR Core
Seunghwan Jun (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Bum Hee Jo (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Hae Chan Lee (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1122-1125
Plutonium-238 Production Sensitivity and Validation Studies Continued: Effects of Core Component Compositions
D. Chandler (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), K.M. Burg (ORNL), Y.E. Robert (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1128-1131
Beryllium Reflector Experiment Effects on High Flux Isotope Reactor Performance Metrics
D. Chandler (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1132-1135
Preliminary Analysis of Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) Fuel Performance in the MIT Reactor Fission Converter Experimental Facility
Caroline Sears (MIT), Jiankai Yu (MIT), Lin-Wen Hu (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT), Kyle Anderson (ANL), Valerio Mascolino (ANL), Erik H. Wilson (ANL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1136-1139
SCALE Inventory and Reactivity Analysis as Part of the Hermes 2021 PSAR Review
Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Ben Betzler (Radiant), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1140-1143
Neutronic Simulation of Daily Load Following Operation in a PWR-Based SMR Core
Woo Jin Lee (Hanyang Univ.), Sung Hyun Cho (Hanyang Univ.), Ser Gi Hong (Hanyang Univ.)
Transactions | Volume 131 | Number 1 | November 2024 | Pages 1144-1147