Meetings
ANS 2017 Winter Meeting
Washington, D.C. • Oct 29-Nov 3, 2017
Past, Present and Future Validation Methods in International Criticality Safety Assessment – Panel, Mon. pm
Session Organizer: Tatiana Ivanova (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
Chair: Margaret Marshall (INL)
Panelist: Andrew Barto (NRC), Axel Hoefer (Areva), Calvin Hopper (ORNL), Mike Zerkle (NNL), Brad Rearden (ORNL)
Critical and Subcritical Experiments, Tues. am
Session Organizer: Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL)
Chair: Rian M. Bahran (LANL)
- Eliminating Detector Response in Neutron Multiplicity Measurements for Model Evaluation, Alex McSpaden, Mark Nelson, Jesson Hutchinson (LANL)
- Improved Figure of Merit for Feynman Histograms, Jennifer Arthur (LANL, Univ Michigan), Rian Bahran, Jesson Hutchinson, Travis Grove (LANL), Sara Pozzi (Univ Michigan)
- Prompt Neutron Decay Constant Fitting Using the Rossi-Alpha and Feynman Variance-to-Mean methods, J. Hutchinson, G. McKenzie, J. Arthur, M. Nelson (LANL), W. Monange (IRSN)
- Design of a Highly-Enriched Uranium (HEU) Metal Fast Burst Supercritical Assembly, Victoria Hagopian, Chuck Floyd, Kevin Horlback, Stephen Langellotti, R. Eric Morin, T. Adam Wilson, Jonathan Coburn, John Mattingly (NCSU)
- Determination of the Optimal Time Bin Width for the Rossi-Alpha Analysis of Highly Subcritical Fast Metal Systems, Kimberly L. Klain (LANL)
- Prompt Neutron Decay Constant Measurements on a Polyethylene-Reflected Sphere of Highly Enriched Uranium, George McKenzie, Jesson Hutchinson, William Myers (LANL)
- Cold Critical Pre-Experiment Simulations of KRUSTy, Kristin Smith (Univ Florida), Rene Sanchez (LANL)
Recent Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Technical Accomplishments, Tues. pm
Session Organizer: Lori Scott (NCSP)
Chair: Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
- Kilowatt Reactor Using Stirling TechnologY (KRUSTY) Experiment Update, Rene Sanchez, David Hayes (LANL)
- Flat-Top Startup at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center, David K. Hayes (LANL)
- Measurements on a Subcritical Copper-Reflected a-Phase Plutonium (SCRaP) Sphere, J. Hutchinson, R. Bahran, T. Cutler (LANL), W. Monange (IRSN), J. Arthur, M. Smith-Nelson (LANL), E. Dumonteil (IRSN)
- ORNL Neutron Cross-Section Measurements in the Resolved Resonance Range for the NCSP, K. H. Guber (ORNL)
- A Novel Methodology for Generating Thermal Scattering Cross Sections and Uncertainties, Chris W. Chapman, Farzad Rahnema (Georgia Tech), Luiz Leal (IRSN), Yaron Danon (RPI), Goran Arbanas (ORNL)
- FY 2016 Progress in Resonance Evaluations of Gadolinium for the NCSP, Vladimir Sobes, Klaus Guber (ORNL), Luiz Leal (IRSN)
- DOE Nuclear Criticality Safety Program Website Modernization, Dave Heinrichs, Chuck Lee, Stacy Peterson (LLNL)
Data, Analysis and Operations in Nuclear Criticality Safety – I, Wed. am
Session Organizer: Theresa E. Cutler (LANL)
Chair: Lawrence J. Berg (DOE)
- Supercritical Kinetic Analysis of Accumulated Fuel Debris in the Fukushima-Daiichi NPS, Toru Obara, Delgersaikhan Tuya (Tokyo Inst. Technol.)
- Neptunium Subcritical Observation (NeSO) Integral Benchmark Experiment Design, R. Bahran, T. Cutler, J. Hutchinson (LANL)
- Modernization at the Y-12 National Security Complex: A Case for Additional Experimental Benchmarks, M. L. Thornbury, C. Juarez (Y-12 National Security), A. W. Krass (C. S. Engineering, Inc.)
- Using Fast Burst Assembly Designs to Demonstrate Safe Assembly of KRUSTY Core Components, William Myers, Richard Anderson, Mark Mitchell (LANL)
- Experimental Design to Study Criticality Effects of Plutonium Aging, Theresa Cutler, Travis Grove, Dave Hayes, Mark Mitchell, William Myers, Rene Sanchez, Jessie Walker, Bob Margevicius (LANL)
- Thermal Scattering Law Comparison of Experimental Ice and Concrete Data, Carl Wendorff, Kemal Ramic, Li Liu, Yaron Danon (RPI)
- Differential and Integral Data Evaluation for Titanium: An Application to Criticality Safety, Luiz Leal, Sophie Pignet, Nicolas Leclaire, Isabelle Duhamel (IRSN), Gary Harms (SNL)
- Verification of MCNP6.2 for Nuclear Criticality Safety Applications, Forrest Brown, Michael Rising, Jennifer Alwin (LANL)
Data, Analysis and Operations in Nuclear Criticality Safety – I, Wed. pm
Session Organizer: Theresa E. Cutler (LANL)
Chair: Kristin N. Smith (Univ Florida)
- From Criticality Incredible Project Plan to Facility Hazard Categorization Downgrade, Tom Hines (DOE), Matthew Wilson (Paschal Solutions Inc.)
- Application of Nuclear Criticality Safety to Early Earth Age Uranium, Norman Schwers, John A. Miller (Sandia)
- PWR Fuel Reactivity Depletion Uncertainty Quantification–Methods Validation Tests, Kord Smith, Elliot Sykora, Geoff Gunow (MIT), Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)
Current Spent Fuel Pool Nuclear Critical Safety Issues for NRC Licensees – Panel, Wed. pm
Session Organizer and Chair: Alyse M. Scurlock (Duke Energy Corp.)
Panelist: Hatice Akkurt (EPRI), Bob Hall (Dominion), Kris Cummings (NEI)
NCSD Competition Solution Session – Wed. pm
Presented by the NCSD Membership Committee
ANS-8 Standards Process, Current Revisions, and Connections to Wider Standards Organizations – Panel, Thurs. am
Session Organizer and Chair: Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
ANS-8 Standards Forum, Thurs. am
Session Organizer and Chair: Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
The first NCSD Engineering Calculation Competition was held during the 2017 ANS Winter Meeting.
Many students and young members participated in this competition and gained first hand experience on the types of problems criticality safety practitioner faces.
The first and second place prize were an iPad and Fitbit. This year, we have enough sponsors for all the participants to the competition to attend the NCSD dinner.
Left: Deborah A. Hill (NCSD chair), Center: Kyle Vaughn (First place winner), Right: Mackenzie Gorham (Membership Committee Chair)
Left: Deborah A. Hill (NCSD chair), Center: Shauntay Coleman (Second place winner), Right: Mackenzie Gorham (Membership Committee Chair)
A special thanks to Mackenzie Gorham (with her cherenkov radiation) and her Membership Committee members on seeing this idea from inception to execution.
We might do this again next time, so stay tuned! If you like to get a feeling of what the problem statement was, please see the links below. Oh… we don’t recycle problems and it only gets harder 🙂
NCSD Engineering Calculation Competition Packet
NCSD Engineering Calculation Competition Flyer
NCSD Engineering Calculation Rules
NCSD Engineering Calculation FAQ