NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY PROGRAM (NCSP)
TECHNICAL PROGRAM REVIEW
MARCH 26-27, 2019
PANTEX
John C. Drummond Center (JCDC)
FM 2373 & Hwy 60, Amarillo, TX 79120
FINAL AGENDA
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM |
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 |
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8:30 AM | Welcome from PANTEX | ||
Welcome from NCSP | Dr. Angela Chambers | ||
About the Annual NCSP Technical Program Review | Dr. Doug Bowen | ||
Safety and Security Briefing | |||
The DOE CSSG - 2018 the Year in Review | David Erickson | ||
NCSP |
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ANALYTICAL METHODS | |||
INFORMATION PRESERVATION AND DISSEMINATION | |||
INTEGRAL EXPERIMENTS | |||
NUCLEAR DATA | |||
TRAINING AND EDUCATION | |||
ANALYTICAL METHODS |
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IRSN | Benchmark Intercomparison (IRSN-LANL-LLNL-ORNL Collaboration) |
Isabelle Duhamel (BEST PAPER) |
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IRSN | First Results of the Analysis of the Spatial Correlations Experiment at RCF (IRSN-LANL Collaboration) | Eric Dumonteil | |
IRSN | Update of the Slide Rule: Recent Outcomes and Perspecties | Matthieu Duluc | |
ORNL | AMPX Status Report and ENDF/B-VIII.0 Data Testing | Doro Wiarda Andrew Holcomb |
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10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | BREAK | ||
10:45 AM |
ANALYTICAL METHODS |
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ORNL | Recent Developments in SCALE | Will Wieselquist (BEST PAPER) |
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ORNL | Status and Testing of Shift Monte Carlo Code within SCALE | BJ Marshall | |
LANL | NJOY21 Status and Plans | Jeremy Conlin | |
LANL | NJOY2016 Improvements for ENDFB-VIII.0 | Wim Haeck | |
LANL | MCNP Status and Modernization | Mike Rising | |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | LUNCH | ||
1:00 PM |
ANALYTICAL METHODS |
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LANL | Automated Acceleration and Convergence Testing for Monte Carlo NCS Calculations | Forrest Brown (BEST PAPER) |
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LANL | Impact of Outliers and ENDF/B-VIII.0 on NCS Validation and USLs | Jen Alwin | |
TRAINING AND EDUCATION |
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ORNL | Status of the Development and Deployment of the NCSP | Doug Bowen | |
LLNL | New Emergency Response/Sliderule Module for NCSP | Catherine Percher | |
INFORMATION PRESERVATION AND DISSEMINATION |
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SRS | CritView Version 1.04 Beta | Scott Finfrock | |
OPEN DISCUSSION | ALL | ||
INTEGRAL EXPERIMENTS |
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LANL | Finalization of the IER 488 (MUSIC) Experiment Design | Alex McSpaden | |
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM | BREAK | ||
INTEGRAL EXPERIMENTS |
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LANL | Update on the Progress of the Krusty Benchmark (IER 299) | Rene Sanchez | |
LANL | Three New Lead (Pb) Benchmark Experiments Performed Using Plutonium and Different Enrichments of Uranium | Joetta Goda George McKenzie |
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LANL | Update on IER 203 (Composite Reflectors): Design for Successful Execution | Joetta Goda Rene Sanchez |
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LANL | FY 2018 Preparation for the NeSO Subcritcal Experiment (IER 121) | Alex McSpaden | |
LANL | Comparison of the High Temperature Krusty Operation With Dynamic Simulations (IER 476) | Rene Sanchez Bob Kimpland |
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5:30 PM | ADJOURN | ||
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
Dinner Hoffbrau Steakhouse |
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8:30 AM - 3:30 PM |
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 |
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8:30 AM |
INTEGRAL EXPERIMENTS |
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LANL | New startup Detectors For Criticality Safety Training and Experiment Execution | Jesson Hutchinson | |
LANL | Update for IER 489: Critical Unresolved Region Integral Experiment (CURIE) | Theresa Cutler | |
LLNL | Inherently Safe Subcritical Assembly (ISSA) Benchmark Evaluation | Tony Nelson (BEST PAPER) |
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LLNL | TEX Plutonium Critical Configurations | Catherine Percher | |
LLNL | Intercomparison of Nuclear Accident Dosimetry using the Flattop Reactor at NCERC | Daniel Stone | |
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM | BREAK | ||
10:40 AM |
INTEGRAL EXPERIMENTS |
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LLNL | TEX U233 Critical Experiment Design | Will Zywiec | |
ORNL | IER 441 Status Report – Epithermal HEX Lattices with SNL 7uPCX Fuel for Testing Nuclear Data | Justin Clarity | |
SNL | Sandia BUCCX Titanium and Aluminum Sleeve Experiments | David Ames (BEST PAPER) |
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SNL | Overview of NCSP Integral Experiments at Sandia | Gary Harms | |
LANL | Design of Experiment To Test Fast Electronics For Neutron Noise Measurements. (IER 453) | Travis Grove George McKenzie |
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OPEN DISCUSSION | ALL | ||
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | LUNCH | ||
1:00 PM |
NUCLEAR DATA |
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BNL | Resonance Region Quality Assurance | Dave Brown | |
BNL | Status of the Transition from the Legacy ENDF Format to GNDS | Dave Brown | |
LANL | Los Alamos Updates to Nuclear Data Evaluations | Ionel Stetcu | |
LANL | Release of ENDF/B-VIII.0-based ACE Data Tables | Jeremy Conlin | |
LANL | Using Machine Learning Algorithms to Uncover Hidden Patterns in Nuclear Data Sensitivity Calculations | Patrick Talou Mike Rising |
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LLNL NCSU |
Progress of Thermal Scattering Law Development and Evaluations at North Carolina State University | Cole Manring | |
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM | BREAK | ||
1:00 PM |
NUCLEAR DATA |
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ORNL | SAMMY Modernization Efforts in FY18 | Goran Arbanas | |
ORNL | Status of ORNL Nuclear Data Work in FY18 | Marco Pigni Vlad Sobes Chris Chapman |
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ORNL Georgia Tech |
Progress of Nuclear Data Evaluation and Testing for NCS Applications at Georgia Tech | Alex Shaw | |
RPI | Benchmarking Unresolved Resonance Region Total Cross Section | Jesse Brown (BEST PAPER) |
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RPI | Development of a Sub-thermal Neutron Source | Yaron Danon | |
IRSN | Nuclear Data Evaluation Work at IRSN | Isabelle Duhamel | |
3:00 PM | ADJOURN | ||
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
Dinner and Fun at Cinergy |
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