Meetings

ANS NCSD 2017 Topical Meeting

Carlsbad, NM • Sep 10-15, 2017

2017 NCSD Topical Lessons Larned

Plenary-II: Nuclear Criticality & Safety in Our World

Chair: Jef Lucchini (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Experiment Needs/Proposals

Session Organizer: Dr. John Darrell Bess (INL)

Co-chairs: Angela Chambers (NNSA), Kent Wood (NRC)

Validation/Applicability Studies I

Session Organizer: Dr. John Darrel Bess (INL)

Co-chairs: Angela Chambers (NNSA), Kent Wood (NRC)

Validation/Applicability Studies II

Session Organizer: Dr. John Darrel Bess (INL)

Co-chairs: Nicolas Leclaire (IRSN), Hannah Morbach (CNS)

Burnup Credit I

Session Organizer: Dr. Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL)

Co-chairs: Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL), William J. Marshall (ORNL)

  • Application of Peaking Factor Credit in Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analysis, Charles T. Rombough (CTR Technical Services, Inc.), Dale B. Lancaster (NuclearConsultants.com), Matt C. Harris (NETCO – Curtiss Wright)
  • Fuel Pin Zoning to Improve the Accuracy of the Palisades Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analysis, Charles T. Rombough (CTR Technical Services, Inc.), Dale B. Lancaster (NuclearConsultants.com), Tom Wiggins (Entergy)
  • An Assessment of Total Depletion Uncertainties for a GBC-32 Dry Storage Cask with Plus7 Fuels Using Monte Carlo Sampling and Two-Way Anova F-Test, Ser Gi Hong, Hyungju Yun, Kwangheon Park (Kyung Hee University)
  • Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis for a Combined Depletion and Criticality Calculation Chain of a BWR FA, Fabian Hans Dominik Sommer, Volker Hannstein (GRS, Germany)
  • Impact of Grid Growth on PWR Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analysis, Dale B. Lancaster (NuclearConsultants.com), Charles T. Rombough (CTR Technical Services, Inc.)

Burnup Credit II

Session Organizer: Dr. Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL)

Co-chairs: Henrik Liljenfeldt (ORNL), Justin B. Clarity (ORNL)

Storage, Transportation, and Disposal of Fissile Materials

Session Organizer: Dr. Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL)

Co-chairs: Henrik Liljenfeldt (ORNL), Justin B. Clarity (ORNL)

Criticality Safety – General I

Session Organizer: Dr. Kevin H. Reynolds (Y-12 NSC)

Co-chairs: Jennifer Alwin (LANL), Alfie O’Neill (National Nuclear Laboratory)

Criticality Safety – General II

Session Organizer: Dr. Kevin H. Reynolds (Y-12 NSC)

Co-chairs: Lawrence J. Berg (NNSA), Dennis Mennerdahl (E Mennerdahl Systems)

Information Access

Session Organizer: Dr. John D. Bess (INL)

Co-chairs: Michael Zerkle (NNL), Margaret Marshall (INL)

Nuclear Data (Including ENDF/BVIII) and Libraries

Session Organizer: Dr. John D. Bess (INL)

Co-chairs: Michael Zerkle (NNL), Margaret Marshall (INL)

Spent Nuclear Fuel and Other Fissile Materials Criticality Safety from Applicants and Regulators Perspective

Session Organizer: Dr. Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL)

Co-chairs: Michael Zerkle (NNL), Margaret Marshall (INL)

Qualification Programs

Session Organizer: Dr. Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)

Co-chairs: Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL), Ellen M. Saylor (ORNL)

University Initiative/Courses/Distance Educ

Session Organizer: Dr. Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)

Co-chairs: Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL), Ellen M. Saylor (ORNL)

Criticality Safety – General III

Session Organizer: Dr. Kevin H. Reynolds (Y-12 NSC)

Co-chairs: Kevin Hahn (NNSA), Forrest Brown (LANL)

Disposal Criticality and Criticality Consequence Analysis in the Disposal Time Frame

Session Organizer: Dr. Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL)

Co-chairs: Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL), Dale Lancaster (NuclearConsultants.com)

Fuel Fabrication and Operational Practices

Session Organizer: Dr. Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL)

Co-chairs: Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL), Dale Lancaster (NuclearConsultants.com)

Student Competition

Session Organizer: Dr. Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)

Chair: Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)

Criticality Safety – General IV

Session Organizer: Dr. Kevin H. Reynolds (Y-12 NSC)

Co-chairs: Kristan Wessels (Y-12 NSC), Lawrence J. Berg (NNSA)

Accident Analysis and Alarm Systems

Session Organizer: Mr. Lawrence J. Berg (NNSA)

Co-chairs: Kristan Wessels (Y-12 NSC), Lawrence J. Berg (NNSA)

Methods and Software Development I

Session Organizer: Dr. John D. Bess (INL)

Co-chairs: Deborah A. Hill (National Nuclear laboratory), John A. Miller (Sandia National Labs)

Methods and Software Development II

Session Organizer: Dr. John D. Bess (INL)

Co-chairs: William J. Marshall (ORNL), Christopher M. Perfetti (ORNL)