Winter 2008, Reno,
Nevada
Technical Sessions
Listed below are the sessions and papers
that were presented at the meeting.
Data, Analysis, and
Operations for Nuclear Criticality Safety-I
Absorption of Water into
Uranium Powder and Implications to Nuclear Criticality Safety, Jerry Lichtenwalter (B&W Y-12 Technical Svc)
Updated Plutonium-Solution
Temperature-Coefficient Calculations, Drew Kornreich (LANL)
Revisiting the "Provost
k-Infinity Curves," Drew E. Kornreich, Arthur R. Pan, Douglas G. Bowen,
Norman L. Pruvost (LANL)
Criticality Safety
Regulation: The Pendulum Has Swung Too Far, Thomas Patrick McLaughlin (Consultant)
Subcritical Measurements of a
Plutonium Sphere with Various Reflectors, Jesson Hutchinson (Georgia
Tech)
A Dynamic Simulation Tool for
Critical Assemblies Using the Coupled Neutronic-Thermoelastic Method,
Travis Grove, Robert Kimpland, William L. Myers (LANL)
Data, Analysis, and
Operations for Nuclear Criticality Safety-II
The TWPC Graded-Approach to
Nuclear Criticality Safety, Kevin Kimball (NISYS Corp)
Criticality Frequency
Analysis for De-Inventory of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's
Special Nuclear Materials to Savannah River Site, Debdas Biswas, David
Riley, Karen Dodson (LLNL)
Approach for Nuclear
Criticality Safety During Demolition of the K-25 Building, John Chandler
(ACTS of South Carolina), Roger W. Bartholomay (WSMS)
Subcritical Measurements
Multiple HEU Metal Castings, John Mihalczo (ORNL)
Using Cross-Section
Uncertainty Data to Estimate Biases, Donald Mueller, Bradley T. Rearden
(ORNL)
Designing Critical
Experiments in Support of Full Burnup Credit, Jeremy A. Roberts (Univ
of Wisconsin, Madison), Donald Mueller (ORNL)
Data, Analysis, and
Operations for Nuclear Criticality Safety-III
MCNP5 Criticality
Benchmarking Using ENDF/B-VII.0 for LEU Systems, John Hannah, Qi Ao,
John Zino (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Efforts to Eliminate Raschig
Ring Filled Vessels at B&W, Ron J. Green (Babcock and Wilcox NOG-L)
Variation of Extrapolation
Distance with U-235 Concentration, Allison Miller, Robert D. Busch
(Univ
of New Mexico)
The Quantitative Relevance of
Correlation to the Independence Aspect of the Double Contingency
Principle, Burton Rothleder (DOE)
Performance of the New
Continuous Energy Capability in KENO V.a, Sedat Goluoglu (ORNL)
Parametric Studies for
Nuclear Criticality Safety Using Microsoft Excel, Michael J. Crouse,
Steve Van Volkinburg (NISYS Corp)
(Not Presented at the Meeting)
Recent Nuclear Criticality
Safety-Related Events and Associated Lessons Learned
Criticality Safety Issued
Related to Use of Raschig Rings at B&W, Larry L. Wetzel (B&W Nuclear
Operations Group)
Plants Changes Effecting
Criticality Alarm Exemptions at NRC Licensees, Thomas J. Marenchin,
Dennis Morey (U.S. NRC)
Importance of Criticality
Safety Staff Monitoring and Reviewing Procedures Used to Perform Fissile
Material Operations at NRC Licensees, Thomas J. Marenchin, Dennis Morey
(U.S. NRC)
Nuclear Criticality Safety
Lessons Learned at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Douglas G. Bowen, Shean P. Monahan
(LANL), Patrick Moss, Jerry Hicks (U.S. DOE/NNSA)
March 6, 2006 Spill Event at
Nuclear Fuel Services, Randy Shackelford (Nuclear Fuel Services,
Inc.)
Nuclear Criticality Safety
Standards Poster Session
Remembering Dave Smith
ANSI/ANS-8.1: Nuclear
Criticality Safety in Operations with Fissile Material Outside Reactors,
Douglas G. Bowen (LANL), Nicholas Brown (Nuclear Fuel
Services)
Poster 1,
Poster 2,
Poster 3
Overview of the Raschig Ring
Standard, ANSI/ANS 8.5, Jerry Hicks (U.S. DOE NNSA)
ANSI/ANS 8.6 American
National Standard for Safety in Conducting Subcritical Neutron
Multiplication Measurements in Situ, William L.Myers (LANL)
Guide for Nuclear Criticality
Safety in the Storage of Fissile Materials, Kevin Kimball (NISYS
Corp), Calvin M. Hopper (ORNL)
ANSI/ANS 8.12, Nuclear
Criticality Control and Safety of Plutonium- Uranium Fuel Mixtures
Outside Reactors, Debdas Biswas (LLNL), Dennis Mennerdahl (E M
Systems)
ANSI/ANS-8.15: Nuclear
Criticality Control of Selected Actinide Nuclides, Charles Rombough
(CTR Technical Services)
Administrative Practices for
Nuclear Criticality Safety, Royal W. Carson Jr. (NISYS Corp)
ANS-8.20-1991 - Nuclear
Criticality Safety Training, Ronald A. Knief (XE Corp), A.
Nichole Ellis (Ellis Nuclear Engineering)
ANSI/ANS-8.21: Use of Fixed
Absorbers in Nuclear Facilities Outside Reactors Poster Session, Hans Toffer (Consultant), David Erickson (FluorGovernment Group)
Nuclear Criticality Safety
Based on Limiting and Controlling Moderators - ANSI/ANS-8.22, Michael J.
Crouse (URS - Washington Division)
ANSI/ANS-8.23-2007: Nuclear
Criticality Accident Emergency, James Baker (LANL)
ANSI/ANS 8.24 - Validation of
Neutron Transport Methods for Nuclear Criticality Safety Calculations,
Robert D. Busch (Univ of New Mexico)
ANSI/ANS-8.25-200X:
Development of Nuclear Criticality Safety Related Postings Proposed
Standard, Gerard F. Couture (Westinghouse)
Criticality Safety Engineer
Training and Qualification Program - ANSI/ANS-8.26, James Morman (ANL)
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