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Variationally Derived Discontinuity Factors for the Asymptotic Homogenized Diffusion Equation

Travis J. Trahan, Edward W. Larsen

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 1-35

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-27

Discrete Ordinates Quadratures Based on Linear and Quadratic Discontinuous Finite Elements over Spherical Quadrilaterals

Cheuk Y. Lau, Marvin L. Adams

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 36-52

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-28

Nonnegative Methods for Bilinear Discontinuous Differencing of the S_N Equations on Quadrilaterals

Peter G. Maginot, Jean C. Ragusa, Jim E. Morel

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 53-69

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-38

Parallel Deterministic Transport Sweeps of Structured and Unstructured Meshes with Overloaded Mesh Decompositions

Shawn D. Pautz, Teresa S. Bailey

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 70-77

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-34

Nonclassical Particle Transport in One-Dimensional Random Periodic Media

Richard Vasques, Kai Krycki, Rachel N. Slaybaugh

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 78-106

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-35

An S_N Algorithm for Modern Architectures

Randal S. Baker

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 107-116

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE15-124

Multigroup Radiation Hydrodynamics with a High-Order–Low-Order Method

A. B. Wollaber, H. Park, R. B. Lowrie, R. M. Rauenzahn, M. A. Cleveland

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 117-129

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-45

A Fusion-Oriented Neutronics Modeling and Multiphysics Coupling System

Yuefeng Qiu, Lei Lu, Ulrich Fischer

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 130-138

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-25

Diagnosing Undersampling Biases in Monte Carlo Eigenvalue and Flux Tally Estimates

Christopher M. Perfetti, Bradley T. Rearden, William J. Marshall

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 139-158

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-54

A High-Order Low-Order Algorithm with Exponentially Convergent Monte Carlo for Thermal Radiative Transfer

Simon R. Bolding, Mathew A. Cleveland, Jim E. Morel

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 159-173

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-36

Application of a Discretized Phase-Space Approach to the Analysis of Monte Carlo Uncertainties

Thomas M. Sutton

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 174-183

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE15-131

Preliminary Coupling of the Monte Carlo Code OpenMC and the Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment for Analyzing Doppler Feedback in Monte Carlo Simulations

Matthew Ellis, Derek Gaston, Benoit Forget, Kord Smith

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 184-193

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-26

Numerical Methods in Coupled Monte Carlo and Thermal-Hydraulic Calculations

Daniel F. Gill, David P. Griesheimer, David L. Aumiller

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 194-205

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-3

The Inclusion of Photofission, Photonuclear, (n, xn), (n, n'xγ), and (n, xγ) Reactions in the Neutron-Gamma Feynman-Alpha Variance-to-Mean Formalism

Dina Chernikova, Imre Pázsit, Andrea Favalli, Stephen Croft

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 206-216

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-47

VERA Core Simulator Methodology for Pressurized Water Reactor Cycle Depletion

Brendan Kochunas, Benjamin Collins, Shane Stimpson, Robert Salko, Daniel Jabaay, Aaron Graham, Yuxuan Liu, Kang Seog Kim, William Wieselquist, Andrew Godfrey, Kevin Clarno, Scott Palmtag, Thomas Downar, Jess Gehin

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 217-231

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-39

Optimizing the Monte Carlo Neutron Cross-Section Construction Code XSBench for MIC and GPU Platforms

Tianyu Liu, Noah Wolfe, Christopher D. Carothers, Wei Ji, X. George Xu

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 1 / January 2017 / Pages 232-242

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE16-33

A 2-D/1-D Transverse Leakage Approximation Based on Azimuthal, Fourier Moments

Shane Stimpson, Benjamin Collins, Thomas Downar

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 2 / February 2017 / Pages 243-262

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1272360

Control Rod Calculation in Axially Heterogeneous Fast Reactors—I: Influence of the Absorber Environment

M. Andersson, D. Blanchet, H. Nylén, R. Jacqmin

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 2 / February 2017 / Pages 263-276

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1272358

Control Rod Calculation in Axially Heterogeneous Fast Reactors—II: Impact of Three-Dimensional Homogenization on Core Parameters

M. Andersson, D. Blanchet, H. Nylén, R. Jacqmin

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 2 / February 2017 / Pages 277-293

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1272359

Globally Conservative, Hybrid Self-Adjoint Angular Flux and Least-Squares Method Compatible with Voids

Vincent M. Laboure, Ryan G. McClarren, Yaqi Wang

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 2 / February 2017 / Pages 294-306

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1272374

A Consistent CMFD Formulation for the Acceleration of Neutron Transport Calculations Based on the Finite Element Method

Yeon Sang Jung, Won Sik Yang

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 2 / February 2017 / Pages 307-324

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1272369

Comparison of Two Galerkin Quadrature Methods

Jim E. Morel, James S. Warsa, Brian C. Franke, Anil K. Prinja

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 2 / February 2017 / Pages 325-334

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1272383

Optimization of Minor Actinide–Bearing Radial Blankets for Heterogeneous Transmutation in Fast Reactors

Timothée Kooyman, Laurent Buiron, Gérald Rimpault

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 2 / February 2017 / Pages 335-350

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1272381

An Equivalent Homogenization Method for Treating the Stochastic Media

Ding She, Zhihong Liu, Lei Shi

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 2 / February 2017 / Pages 351-360

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1272363

A Paradigm-Shifting Methodology for Sensitivity Analysis of Critical Multiplying Nuclear Systems

Dan G. Cacuci

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 3 / March 2017 / Pages 361-383

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1272993

Adjoint-Based Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis for Density and Composition: A User’s Guide

Jeffrey A. Favorite, Zoltán Perkó, Brian C. Kiedrowski, Christopher M. Perfetti

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 3 / March 2017 / Pages 384-405

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1272990

Sensitivity Analysis of Neutron Multiplicity Counting Statistics Using First-Order Perturbation Theory and Application to a Subcritical Plutonium Metal Benchmark

Sean O’Brien, John Mattingly, Dmitriy Anistratov

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 3 / March 2017 / Pages 406-425

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1272988

Review of Early 21st-Century Monte Carlo Perturbation and Sensitivity Techniques for k-Eigenvalue Radiation Transport Calculations

Brian C. Kiedrowski

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 3 / March 2017 / Pages 426-444

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2017.1283153

Revisiting Boundary Perturbation Theory for Inhomogeneous Transport Problems

Jeffrey A. Favorite, Esteban Gonzalez

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 3 / March 2017 / Pages 445-459

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1277108

Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses of Lead Sample Reactivity Experiments at Kyoto University Critical Assembly

Cheol Ho Pyeon, Atsushi Fujimoto, Takanori Sugawara, Hiroki Iwamoto, Kenji Nishihara, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Ken Nakajima, Kazufumi Tsujimoto

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 3 / March 2017 / Pages 460-472

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1272976

Sensitivity Studies and Experimental Evaluation for Optimizing Transcurium Isotope Production

Susan Hogle, Charles W. Alexander, Jonathan D. Burns, Julie G. Ezold, G. Ivan Maldonado

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 3 / March 2017 / Pages 473-483

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2016.1272973

Predictive Modeling of a Buoyancy-Operated Cooling Tower Under Saturated Conditions—I: Adjoint Sensitivity Model

Dan G. Cacuci, Federico Di Rocco

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 3 / March 2017 / Pages 484-548

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2017.1279940

Predictive Modeling of a Buoyancy-Operated Cooling Tower Under Saturated Conditions—II: Optimal Best-Estimate Results with Reduced Predicted Uncertainties

Federico Di Rocco, Dan G. Cacuci, Madalina C. Badea

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 185 / Number 3 / March 2017 / Pages 549-603

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2017.1279943