Meeting Schedule Sessions by Day
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YPC Sessions by Day MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 • 2:30 P.M. YPC 2009 Opening Plenary
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 • 4:30 P.M.
Industry Involvement–Panel
This session will provide young professionals with the information needed to get involved in the industry beyond their day-to-day work responsibilities. Panelists will give an overview of some nuclear-related technical societies and groups, outline steps on how to get involved in these organizations, and highlight the benefits of participation. Panelists represent leadership from several industry groups as well as some of the industry’s most vocal supporters for young professional involvement in these groups. Presentations will be followed by an open question-and-answer period.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 • 8:30 A.M.
Pro-Nuclear Advocacy
Innovations in Medical Physics
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 • 10:00 A.M.
Next Generation Nuclear Power Plants for Next Generation Professionals: Technology Transfer and Advancements–Panel
The next generation of nuclear professionals will need to address the design and construction challenges of the next generation nuclear power plant. Fast reactors and very high temperature reactors are the most prominent examples of technology transfer challenges as well as technology advancements. It is expected that a fast reactor will be an important component in closing the fuel cycle. Significant experience with fast reactors has been accumulated, but it may be lost if not transferred to a new generation of nuclear professionals. This panel will start with an overview of the technology, followed by discussion on how to effectively preserve the vast amount of existing knowledge and transfer it to the next generations as well as discussion on technology advancements and perspectives for deployment.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 • 1:00 P.M.
Innovations in Modeling and Simulation
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 • 4:30 P.M.
Your Personal Career–Panel
This panel session is designed to provide young professionals with skills to support their ongoing career choices. Panelists include representatives from technical and other functional areas that support career development. The speakers will each cover one of the following topics: writing performance objectives, establishing your personal sales pitch, and understanding the variety of different career paths in the industry. These enlightening presentations and the subsequent discussion will give young professionals the skills needed to go after that next big career move.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 • 8:30 A.M.
Next Generation of Nuclear Criticality Safety Professionals
What the NCS World Offers to Young Professionals, Larry L. Wetzel (B&W NOG-L) Providing Nuclear Criticality Safety Analysis Education Through Benchmark Experiment Evaluation, John Darrell Bess, J. Blair Briggs, David Nigg (INL) Nuclear Criticality Safety Curriculum for Engineering Students, Jesse McBurney-Rebol, Fred Gunnerson (Univ of Idaho) Training Next Generation NCS Engineers at the Y-12 NSC, C. F. Haught, J. J. Lichtenwalter, R. C. Robinson (B&W Y-12 Technical Services) MCNP Variance Reduction Techniques: What to Use When, and How, James Laird (Univ of Michigan), Darby Kimball (Bechtel National)
Knowledge Management
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 • 10:00 A.M.
Diverse Paths to Success: Navigating the Early Years of Your Career–Panel
This panel session is designed to provide young professionals with the insight and tips of ANS members who have been successful in the nuclear field. Panelists will include representatives from industry, international organizations, academia, and government. The speakers will provide overviews of their careers, including unique challenges negotiated such as age disparity, diversity, and work-life balance issues. Panelists will provide recommendations on critical skills that young professionals should develop to achieve their career and personal goals. Presentations will be followed by an open question-and-answer period.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 • 1:00 P.M.
Innovation in Thermal Hydraulics
Fuel Cycle Elements in the Renaissance: Pulling It All Together–Panel
Young generation panel members will discuss their roles and responsibilities in the key elements of the fuel cycle including mining, milling, and conversion; enrichment; fuel fabrication; back end/reprocessing; waste storage/transport and disposal; and fuel management. The overall theme will focus on the opportunities and challenges in fulfilling the nuclear renaissance. Roles in academia, national research laboratories, utilities, and private industry will be featured.
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Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology: General
Fission Surface Power Technology Development Testing at NASA’s Early Flight Fission Test Facility, Mike Houts, Boise Pearson (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Thomas Godfroy (Maximum Technology Corporation), Lee S. Mason (NASA Glenn Research Center), Scott Harlow (DOE) Radiation Testing of a Stirling-Alternator Convertor, Omar R. Mireles (Univ of Florida), Ross F. Radel (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison) A Study of the Effect of Magnetic Cusp Symmetry on Plasma Losses in Small Thrusters with Implications for Future REP Ion Thrusters, Mahima Gupta, Aimee A. Hubble, John Edison Foster (Univ of Michigan) Coordinating Space Nuclear Research Advancement and Education, John Darrell Bess (INL), Jonathan Webb, Brian James Gross, Aaron E. Craft (Center for Space Nuclear Research)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 • 2:30 P.M.
Evolutions in Nuclear Plant Safety
Challenges Facing the Young Generation in Nuclear–Panel
In order to retain student members as professional members after graduation, attract new young professional members, and encourage active participation in its activities, the American Nuclear Society and its constituent groups must provide clearly valuable services to those members. At the 2004 Winter Meeting, the North American Young Generation in Nuclear compiled a list of actions that young professionals, their employers, and professional societies should take to begin to address the specific challenges faced by young professionals in the workplace. This session will seek to build upon the outcome of the previous session by developing a more detailed list of services and actions to be proposed to the American Nuclear Society to better meet the needs of young nuclear science and technology professionals and their employers.
PANELISTS: • Amy Buu (Westinghouse) • Nichole Ellis (Ellis Nuclear Eng) • Shana Helton (NRC) • W. David Pointer (ANL)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 • 4:30 P.M.
Public Communications/Professional Development — Focus on Members of Congress
Get ready to join your colleagues and visit Capitol Hill on November 19, 2009. To prepare you to speak with your Hill members, this Public Communications Workshop/Professional Development Session will serve to sharpen communications skills (including best practices communications) and serve as the pre-job briefing for the Capitol Hill Visit Activity.
The two-hour program begins with Craig Piercy, ANS Washington Representative, and Mimi Limbach, Potomac Communications Group, presenting the basic principles of successfully communicating with members of Congress and staff members. They will provide a specific framework, messages, and language that will result in fruitful meetings with policy makers. Next, Christine Csizmadia, Nuclear Energy Institute, will present the pre-job briefing for Hill day. Included will be meeting schedules, team assignments, talking points, and a discussion of what to expect during your meetings on the Hill. Hill meetings will be scheduled anytime from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 18.
All registered meeting attendees are welcome to participate.
The meeting registration form includes a space to mark your intent to participate in Capitol Hill Visits. You must include your home ZIP code to be assigned to the correct team and to visit your local legislators. Anyone who signs up will be contacted prior to the meeting and is expected to attend the Wednesday pre-job briefing during the Public Communications Workshop and participate in the entire Hill day activity.
For more details, go to the YPC website at http://www.ans-ypc.org/ or contact Christine Csizmadia at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with any questions.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 • 8:30 A.M.
Introductory Monte Carlo–Tutorial
The Monte Carlo tutorial is a hands-on session where attendees learn and practice setting up and running simple Monte Carlo calculations. It is designed for those who have never run a Monte Carlo calculation before. The seminar will also be of interest to those familiar with Monte Carlo who would like to try running MCNP/X and see some of the latest capabilities. Topics include geometry, sources, tallies, and physics. People who have never run a Monte Carlo problem before will become able to do simple problems.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 • 1:00 P.M.
MAVRIC Tutorial: New Shielding Methods in SCALE 6
This three-hour demonstration/tutorial will highlight the automated variance reduction capabilities of the MAVRIC sequence using several simple example shielding problems. To optimize a given tally, MAVRIC first computes an importance map and biased source distribution based on the results of approximate discrete ordinates calculations using the new Denovo SN code. The importance map and biased source and then used by the Monte Carlo functional module Monaca to compute that tally much more efficiently than an analog calculation. Examples will include calculating dose near a spent fuel cask, calculating a dose contour map from an array of storage casks, and calculating the doses at the detectors of a criticality accident alarm system. This last example uses a fission distribution computed by KENO-VI as the source term for MAVRIC. Registered SCALE 6 users are welcome to bring their own laptops and follow along.
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