(Program as of 04/10/02)

Ballroom North, Monday morning

Plenary

Chair:  Robert C. Little

8:30     Welcome, Introductions, Administrative Matters

9:00     Searching for Planetary Water Using Satellite-Borne Neutron Spectrometers, William C Feldman, Los Alamos National Laboratory

9:30     The Texas A&M Electron Beam Food Research Facility, Tom A Vestal, Institute of Food Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University

10:00    Romping Radioactive Sleuths - Hot Spots in Santa Fe, Jay W Shelton, Science Department Chair, Santa Fe Preparatory School

10:30    Radiation - The View from NCI, James Deye, Radiation Research Programs Branch,  National Cancer Institute

11:00   Hadron Therapy: Past, Present and Prospects, Dan T L Jones, iThemba LABS (Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences), South Africa

 

 

 

Ballroom North, Monday afternoon

Space Radiation Shielding and Doses I—Measurements, Experiments and Codes

Chair:  Larry Townsend, Co-chair:  R. K. Tripathi

1:55     Twenty Years of Radiation Measurements in Low-Earth Orbit, M.J. Golightly, E. Semones, T. Shelfer, M.D. Weyland, and  A.S. Johnson

2:20     Radiation Shielding Optimization for Space Missions, R. K. Tripathi, J. W. Wilson, F. A. Cucinotta, J. E. Nealy, M. S. Clowdsley, and M. -H. Y. Kim

2:45     Measurements of Neutron Production Cross Sections Relevant to Galactic Cosmic Ray Transport, Lawrence Heilbronn, Hiroshi Iwase, Yoshiyuki Iwata, Takashi Nakamura, and Reginald Ronningen

3:10     Break

3:30     Radiation Effects Risk Analysis and Mitigation of Carbon Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites, Richard T. Wilkins, Lovely K. Fotedar, Merlyn Pulikkathara, Harold Huff, Jerry Vera, Enrique Barrera, Robert C. Singleterry, Bashir Syed and Alice Lee

3:55     Using MCNPX for Space Applications, G. W. McKinney, J. S. Hendricks, L. S. Waters, T. H. Prettyman

4:20     Modifications to the HETC Radiation Transport Code for Space Radiation Shielding Applications: A Status Report, Lawrence W. Townsend, Thomas M. Miller, and Tony A. Gabriel

 

 

Santa Fe Room, Monday afternoon

Shielding Applications—I

Chair:  Andrew D. Hodgdon

1:30     Recent Modifications to the SKYSHINE-III Code for Use in the Analysis of Dose Distributions Around ISFSI Dry Storage Arrays, Nolan E. Hertel, Holger Pfeifer and Zachary J. Rose

1:55     Study of Skyshine Calculation of Spent Fuel Casks in Building, Hiroaki Taniuchi and Jun Shimojo

2:20     Influence of the proton beam line on the shielding aspects of the MYRRHA ADS, Michèle Coeck, Fernand Vermeersch and Hamid Aït Abderrahim

2:45     A Study of Variance Reduction Methods in MCNP4C in a Slot with a Dogleg, Frej V. Wasastjerna

3:10     Break

3:30     Simple Calculation Method and Database of Secondary Gamma-Ray Dose Distributions in Shield Irregularities, Toshimasa Miura, Yoshihiro Hirao, and Osamu Sato

3:55     Estimation of the Dose Effects of Gamma-Ray Streaming Through Cracks in the MVST Storage/Disposal Cask, Bryan L. Broadhead

4:20     A Comparison of Skyshine Codes and Methods Applied to a Low-Level Waste Disposal Trench, Nolan E. Hertel, Jeremy E. Sweezy, J. Karl Warkentin, and J. Kenneth Shultis

 

 

 

Ballroom South, Monday afternoon

Health Effects of Low Dose Radiation

Chair:  Ted Rockwell

1:30     Molecular Biology and Epidemiology Contradict the Linear No-Threshold (LNT) Hypothesis, Myron Pollycove

1:55     Low Level Radiation Cell Sensory and Reaction, Negative Dose Response--A Quasi-Threshold From Initiation of Radioresistance Mechanisms for both Spontaneous and Radiation Damage, Bobby E. Leonard

2:20     There was Never a Time that the Beneficial Effects of Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation were Not Known, Jim Muckerheide

2:45     Dose Modeling for Threshold versus Linear Concepts, Stanley E. Logan

3:10     Break

Chair:  Jim Muckerheide

3:30     Radiation Protection and the Precautionary Principle, Kenneth L. Mossman

3:55     NCRP-136 Misrepresents the Scientific Evidence: Low-Dose Radiation is Not Harmful; Shows Health Benefits, Theodore Rockwell

4:20     U.S. Department of Energy Low Dose Radiation Research Program:  Potential Impact on Estimation of Human Health Risk,  ChornAntone L. Brooks

4:45     High Radon Concentrations–Impact of Ultra-Fine Radon Progeny Particles on Radiobiology Experimental Measurements, Miner Cohort Lung Cancer Relative Risk Studies and False Inverse Dose Rate Effect, Bobby E. Leonard

 

 

New Mexico Room, Monday afternoon

Nuclear Well Logging

Chair:  Ahmed Badruzzaman

1:30     A Tutorial on Nuclear Logging- A Subsurface Measurement Technology, Ahmed Badruzzaman

1:55     Internal Environmental Corrections for a Carbon/Oxygen Device, L A Jacobson, J Truax, and D Durbin

2:20     Monte Carlo and Deterministic Sensitivity Calculations for Nuclear Oil-Well Logging, Marko Maucec, Ivan A. Kodeli, and Daniel L. Aldama

2:45     Oilfield Applications of Nuclear Modeling, Ahmed Badruzzaman, Tahmina Badruzzaman, Phuong Nguyen, Tom Zalan

3:10     Break

3:30     Expected-Value Techniques for Monte Carlo Modeling of Well Logging Problems, Scott Mosher, Marko Maucec, Jerome Spanier, Ahmed Badruzzaman, Clint Chedester, Michael Evans, and Larry Gadekan

3:55     On the Possibility of Increasing C/O Log Sensitivity by Use of Library Least Squares-Analysis with Compound Libraries, Robin P. Gardner and Pingjun Guo

4:20     ACTI – An MCNPTM Data Library for Prompt Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy, Stephanie C. Frankle, R. C. Reedy, and Phillip G. Young

 

 

 

Ballroom North, Tuesday morning

Nuclear Data for Shielding Applications—I

Chair:  Mark E. Chadwick

8:55     Code and Data Benchmarking with the New IAEA Photonuclear Data Library, Danas Ridikas and Peter Vertes

9:20     Complex Particle and Light Fragment Emission in the Cascade-Exciton Model of Nuclear Reactions, Stepan G. Mashnik, Arnold J. Sierk, and Konstantin K. Gudima

9:45     Systematics of Proton- and Neutron-Induced Fission Cross Sections and Fission Product Yields for Intermediate Energy Applications, Alexander V. Prokofiev, Stepan G. Mashnik, and William B. Wilson

10:10   Break

10:30   Evaluation of  Double Differential Neutron Emission Cross Sections on n + Fe-56 Reaction for Shielding of Fast and Fusion Reactor, Y.-O. Lee, C. S. Gil, D. H. Kim, and J. Chang

10:55   Double Differential Thick-Target Neutron Yields Bombarded by High-Energy Heavy Ions, Takashi Nakamura, Tadahiro Kurosawa, Takashi Kato

11:20   The 9Be(p,n) Reaction at Low Energy, Steven M. Grimes

 

 

New Mexico Room, Tuesday morning

Accelerator Applications and Shielding—I

Chair:  Waclaw Gudowski

8:30     Accelerator-Driven Transmutation of Nuclear Wastes – an Experimental Path to a Demonstration Facility, Waclaw Gudowski

8:55     Shielding of the Fast Core of the MYRRHA Accelerator Driven System, Th. Aoust, F. Vermeersch, E. Malambu and H. Aït Abderrahim

9:20     MYRRHA ADS: Shielding assessment for a 350 MeV, 5 mA cyclotron, F.Vermeersch, Th. Aoust, and Hamid Aït Abderrahim

9:45     Neutronic and Radio-Protection Analysis of the TRiga Accelerator-Driven Experiment (TRADE), Alfredo Ferrari, Adonai Herrera-Martinez, Yacine Kadi, Veronique LaCoste, Luca Zanini

10:10   Break

10:30   Analyses of the Dose Rates due to Activated Materials in the Collimator Section of the SNS Accumulator Ring, I.Popova

10:55   Issues of Shielding and Activation at the Paul Scherrer Institut, Sabine Teichmann

11:20   Radiation Transport in the LANSCE IPF Stairwell, Kenneth A. Van Riper

 

 

Santa Fe Room, Tuesday morning

Decommissioning and Decontamination

Chair:  Richard H. Meservey

8:30     Radiation Protection of Decommissioning Workers Through the Use of Improved Technologies, Steven J. Bossart, Mark Antkowiak, and Robert Vagnetti

8:55     Implementing Effective Radiological Work at Decommissioning Reactors: Breaking Technical and Cultural Barriers, James P. Tarzia

9:20     New ALARA Technologies, Julia L. Tripp, Mark Landon, and Michael G. McKellar

9:45     Robotic Crawler Provides Radiological Protection In Hazardous Environment, James E. Ham and Glen B. Chronister

10:10   Break

10:30   Dose Rates Arising from the Internal Structures of the Romanian VVR-S Reactor, Daniela Ene

10:55   360 Degree Photography to Decrease Exposure, Increase Safety and Minimize Waste, Gregory J. LeBaron

11:20   Decommissioning the CERN Large Electron Positron Collider, Marco Silari and Luisa Ulrici

 

 

Ballroom South, Tuesday morning

Advances in Deterministic and Hybrid Codes and Methods

Chair:  Todd Wareing

8:55     Generalization of Spatial Channel Theory to Three-Dimensional x-y-z Transport Computations, I. K. Abu-Shumays, M. A. Hunter, R. L. Martz, and J. M. Risner

9:20     Finite Element-Spherical Harmonics Solutions of 3D Shielding Problems with Cranked Ducts, Cassiano de Oliveira, Matthew Eaton, Sabu Shadahtullah and Paul Warner

9:45     An Automated Deterministic Variance Reduction Generator for MCNP Shielding Applications, John C. Wagner

10:10   Break

10:30   Radiation Transport through Complex Shield Penetrations in Accelerator Environments, Franz X. Gallmeier

10:55   Developing an Expert System for Preparing an Effective Mesh Distribution for the SN Method in the Parallel Environment, Apisit Patchimpattapong and Alireza Haghighat

 

 

Ballroom North, Tuesday afternoon

Space Radiation Shielding and Doses II —Solar Particle Events

Chair:  L. Heilbronn

1:30     Comparisons of Solar Particle Dose Calculated Using the Dynamic Geomagnetic Cutoff Rigidity Model With Spacecraft Dosimetry Data, D.F. Smart and M.A. Shea

1:55     Prediction of Solar Particle Event Dose Time Profiles Using Dose Rate Measurements, John S. Neal and Lawrence W. Townsend

2:20     Interplanetary Crew Doses From Large Solar Particle Events: Variations Among Different Bone Marrow Sites, J. Hoff, L. Townsend, and N. Zapp

2:45     Dose Evaluation of a Proposed Mars Habitat Module from a Worst Case Solar Particle Event, Daniel L. Stephens, Jr, Jennifer L. Hoff, Lawrence W. Townsend

3:10     Break

Doses in Aircraft—I

Chair:  David Bartlett

3:30     Recent Results from Measurements of the Energy Spectrum of Cosmic-Ray Induced Neutrons Aboard an ER-2 Airplane, Paul Goldhagen and John W. Wilson

3:55     Particle Fluences and Doses at Aircraft Altitudes -A Comparison of FLUKA-Predictions with Experimental Data, Stefan Roesler, Wolfgang Heinrich, and Hans Schraube

 

 

Ballroom South, Tuesday afternoon

Transport Codes in Medical Physics

Chair:  Bernadette Kirk

1:55     Application of Monte Carlo Methods in Molecular Targeted Radiation Therapy, C. Hartmann Siantar, M-A. Descallel, G. DeNardo, and D. Nigg

2:20     Development of Advanced Multi-Modality Radiation Treatment Planning Software, David W. Nigg and C. Hartmann Siantar

2:45     Medical Applications of DOORS, Richard A. Lillie

3:10     Break

3:30     Medical Physics Applications of MCNPTM, Elizabeth C. Selcow and Tim Goorley

3:55     Medical Applications of the MCNPX Code, Laurie Waters, John S. Hendricks, H. Grady Hughes, Gregg W. McKinney and Edward C. Snow

4:20     Computational Dosimetry Methods for Brachytherapy: Current Role and Future Prospects, Jeffrey F. Williamson

 

 

Santa Fe Room, Tuesday afternoon

Shielding Applications—II

Chair:  David R. Anderson

1:30     Radiation Shielding Considerations  for Drinking Water Facilities Using an Irradiation Treatment Process, Stuart K. Cole, William J. Cooper, R. R. Brey, and A. J. Weidman

1:55     Shielding Calculations and Verifications for the New Radiation Instrument Calibration Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Gerald L. George, David T. Seagraves, and Richard H. Olsher

2:20     A Comprehensive Study of the nTOF Background at CERN, A. Ferrari, C. Rubbia, V. Vlachoudis

2:45     Nuclear Analysis of ITER, H. Iida, L.Petrizzi, V. Khripunov, F. Wasastjerna, S. Sato, and G. Ruvutuso

3:10     Break

3:30     Advanced Methodology For Dose Rate Calculation of ITER-FEAT, L. Petrizzi, H. Iida, P. Batistoni, U. Fischer, Y. Morimoto

3:55     Analytical Method for Neutron Bulk Shielding Calculation in a Medium Energy Accelerator Facility, Takashi Kato and Takashi Nakamura

4:20     DARHT: Integration of Shielding Design and Analysis with Facility Design, Richard Boudrie, Thomas Brown, Walter Gilmore, James Downing, Jr., Donald McClure, Christine Nelson, E. Alan Wadlinger, and Martha Zumbro

 

 

New Mexico Room, Tuesday afternoon

Developments in NDA/NDE Systems and Techniques

Chair:  Raymond T. Klann

1:30     Emerging Problems in Strategic Arms Control Technology, MAJ Thomas Cartledge

1:55     Development of Coated Gallium Arsenide for Neutron Detection Applications, Raymond T. Klann, Charles L. Fink, Douglas S. McGregor, and Holly Gersch

2:20     A Versatile New Sensor for Pu Assay and Independent Measurements of Neutrons and Gamma Rays, A. P. Belian, M. C. Browne, W. Clay, W. Geist, H. Nguyen, K. Ianakiev, D. Mayo, S. Panowski, and P. Russo

2:45     Application of a 2D Spectroscopic Gamma-Ray Imager to the Assay of a Dynamic In-Process Inventory of Plutonium, K.D. Veal, D.H. Beddingfield, T.E. Ricketts, M.K. Romero, and P.A. Russo

3:10     Break

3:30     Testing the Plutonium Isotopic Analysis code FRAM with various CdTe detectors, Duc T. Vo and Phyllis A. Russo

3:55     A Geometrically Weighted Frisch Grid Semiconductor Radiation Detector for Gamma Ray Spectroscopy, Douglas S. McGregor and Robert L. Metzger

4:20     A Cadmium Zinc Telluride Array Spectrometer for Treaty Confidence Building Measurements, Robert L. Metzger and Kenneth A. Van Riper

4:45     Radionuclide Depth Distribution by Collimated Spectroscopy, Kenneth A. Van Riper, Robert L. Metzger, and Kimberlee J. Kearfott

 

 

Ballroom North, Wednesday morning

Nuclear Data for Shielding Applications—II

Chair:  Richard A. Lillie

8:30     Development of 150-MeV Neutron and Proton Reaction Data for the CINDER'90 Transmutation Code, W.B. Wilson, M. Blann, M. B. Chadwick, T.R. England, P.D. Ferguson, S.G. Mashnik and R.E. Prael

8:55     Aspects in Decreasing the Differences between Multigroup and Continuous Energy Structure Calculations in Shielding Applications, F. A. Alpan and A. Haghighat

9:20     NJOY99/2001: New Capabilities in Data Processing, Robert E MacFarlane

9:45     ENDF/B-VI Coupled Photon-Electron Data for Use in Radiation Shielding Applications, Dermott E. Cullen and Robert E. MacFarlane

10:10   Break

10:30   HILO2k: Transport Cross Sections for Neutron Energies to 2 GeV, Richard A. Lillie, Franz X. Gallmeier, and Jeffery O. Johnson

10:55   ENDF66: A Continuous-Energy Neutron Data Library for MCNP4C, Joann M. Campbell, Stephanie C. Frankle, and Robert C. Little

11:20   Modifications to Bugle Library Generation Procedures and Their Impact on Shielding Calculations, F. A. Alpan and A. Haghighat

11:45   MCJEF22NEA.BOLIB and MCB63NEA.BOLIB: ENDF/B-VI.3 and JEF-2.2 Cross Section Libraries for the MCNP Monte Carlo Code, Massimo Pescarini, Roberto Orsi, Anatoly Blokhin and Valentin Sinitsa

 

Santa Fe Room, Wednesday morning

Radiological and Environmental Dosimetry and Assessment

Chair:  Michael Momeni

8:30     Genetic Algorithm Dose Minimization for an Operational Layout, Steven L. McLawhorn, Drew E. Kornreich, and Donald J. Dudziak

8:55     Progressive Decommissioning Procedure:  Assessment of Radiation Doses from Disposal of 11e.(2) Byproduct Materials, Michael H. Momeni

9:20     Environmental Release of Radioactive Material Evaluating the Dose Consequences of Progeny Ingrowth and Decay During Transport, Bradley J. Schrader

9:45     Environmental Radiological Monitoring of the Kerr-McGee Rare Earths Facility Remediation Project, Lawrence E. Haskell and Timothy A. Runyon

10:10   Break

10:30   Ecological Half-lives of Cs-137 in Fishes, Michael Paller

10:55   Modeling Variability and Uncertainty Associated with Inhaled PuO2 for the Stochastic Intake Paradigm, James Aden, Pamela Longmire, and Bobby R. Scott

11:20   A Comparison of Calculated Photon Dose to Extremity Tissues and Dosimeters, J.A. Sattelberger

 

 

New Mexico Room, Wednesday morning

Accelerator Shielding and Applications—II

Chair:  Laurie Waters

8:30     Projectile Dependency of Radioactivities of Spallation Products Induced in Copper, Hiroshi Yashima, Hiroshi Sugita, Takashi Nakamura, Yoshitomo Uwamino, Sachiko Ito, and Akifumi Fukumura

8:55     Transmutation Studies for Tungsten and Mercury Targets with the CINDER'90 Code, P. D. Ferguson, W. B. Wilson, I. Remec, and F. X. Gallmeier

9:20     Worker Dose from Nitrogen-13 for the DARHT Second Axis, Richard Boudrie, Thomas Brown, Mark Chadwick, Donald McClure, Christine Nelson, Morgan White and Martha Zumbro

9:45     Study of Radiation Damage of the Nd-Fe-B Permanent Magnets, Panakkal K. Job, Julie M. Alderman, Rodger C. Martin, and Cathy M. Simmons

10:10   Break

Accident and Source Term Analyses

Chair:  Karl Warkentin

10:30   A Discussion of Training and Resources Available for Radiation Incident First Responders, S. L. Gogol and P. Hypes

10:55   Source Term Analysis of Severe Accident Sequences for 1000 MWe Plant in Korea, S. Y. Park and D. H. Kim

11:20   Dose Impact From Increased Control Room Inleakage at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Gerard E. Gryczkowski

11:45   Impact of Utilizing Alternate Source Term vs. TID Source Term in Control Room Unfiltered Inleakage Dose Assessments, J. L. Bostelman, and T. J. Heames

 

 

Ballroom South, Wednesday morning

Shielding Benchmarks Part I—High Energy

Chair:  Enrico Sartori

8:30     Measurements of High Energy Neutrons Penetrated Through Concrete Shields Using the Self-TOF, NE213 and Activation Detectors, Takashi Nakamura, Michiya Sasaki, Eunjoo Kim, Tomoya Nunomiya, Noriaki Nakao, Tokushi Shibata, Yoshitomo Uwamino, Sachiko Ito and Akifumi Fukumura

8:55     Deep Penetration Experiment of Neutrons Produced by 800-MeV Proton Beam Through Concrete and Iron at ISIS, T. Nunomiya, N. Nakao, P. Wright, T. Nakamura,E. Kim, T. Kurosawa, S. Taniguchi, M. Sasaki, H.Iwase, Y. Uwamino, T. Shibata, S. Ito, and David R. Perry

9:20     Benchmark Study for Charge Deposition by High Energy Electrons in Thick Slabs, I. Jun

9:45     Measurement of Neutron Energy Spectra behind the Lateral Shield of the High Energy Electron Beam Dump, S.Taniguchi, M.Sasaki, T.Nunomiya, H.Iwase, S.Yonai, T.Nakamura, S.H.Rokni, J.C.Liu, S.Roesler, K.Kase

10:10   Break

Shielding Benchmarks Part II—Standards

 

10:30   Validation Suites for MCNP™, Russell D. Mosteller

10:55   SINBAD Benchmark Mission and Recent Activities, H. Hunter, E. Sartori and I. Kodeli

11:20   Implementation of IAEA Photonuclear Data Compilations to the RTS&T General-Purpose Transport Code, Test Calculations of Photoneutrons Emission from Surface of Uranium Sphere Irradiated by 28 MeV Electrons, I.I. Degtyarev and A.I. Blokhin

 

 

 

Ballroom North, Wednesday afternoon

Doses in Aircraft---II

Chair:  Marco Silari

1:55     Investigation of Radiation Doses at Aircraft Altitudes during a Complete Solar Cycle: DOSMAX-  A collaborative  Research Programme, David Bartlett, Denis O’Sullivan, Peter Beck, Jean Francois Bottollier-Depois, L. Lindborg, Luigi Tommasino, and Frank Wissmann

2:20     Measurement of Cosmic Radiation Dose During a Round-the-Globe Commercial Flight Originating from Sydney, Australia, Bhaskar Mukherjee

2:45     Monitoring of the Cosmic Radiation at IBERIA Commercial Flights: One Year Experience of In-flight Measurements, J.C. Sáez, A.M. Romero, R. Rodriguez, J.L. Muñiz, R. Dominguez-Mompell, F.Merelo, J. Ruano

3:10     Break

3:30     Microdosimetric Measurements Aboard Civil Aircrafts, Rudolf E. Grillmaier and Stefan Gerdung

3:55     Aircrew Radiation Exposure Measurements throughout the Solar Cycle, Brent J. Lewis, Leslie G.I. Bennett, Anna Rae Green, Alyne Butler and Mike McCall

4:20     Analysis of the Long Term Dosimetry Results Obtained During Commercial Aircraft Flights, Spurny Frantisek and Datchev Tsvetan

 

 

Ballroom South, Wednesday afternoon

Radiation Shielding and Protection in Radiation Therapy

Chair:  Wayne Newhauser

1:55     Shielding of Proton Therapy Facilities - A Review of Recent Advances, Wayne D. Newhauser, Uwe Titt, and Dale T. Dexheimer

2:20     Shielding Effectiveness of an 18 MeV Medical Accelerator’s Hanging Door, Jeffrey K. Tays, Nolan E. Hertel, and Joseph Ting

2:45     Selected Radiation Safety Issues at Proton Therapy Facilities, Janet M. Sisterson

3:10     Break

3:30     Prospective Treatment Planning for Invasive Special Procedures: A Bilateral Transureteral Stent Placement in a Pregnant Patient, Robert L. Metzger and Kenneth A. Van Riper

3:55     Monte Carlo Evaluation of Neutron Contamination in High-Energy Photon Therapy Beams, Irena Gudowska, Waclaw Gudowski, and Mariusz Kopec

 

Santa Fe Room, Wednesday afternoon

Shielding Applications—III

Chair:  John C. Wagner

1:55     Design and Initial Testing of an Ex-Core Fast Neutron Irradiator for the UMass-Lowell Research Reactor, John R. White, Areeya Jirapongmed, Leo Bobek, and Thomas Regan

2:20     Analysis of Dose Rates During Replacement of Manipulators in the FFTF IEM Cell, Joseph V. Nelson

2:45     An Evaluation of 150 MWe Liquid Metal Reactor Shielding Design, Jong Kyung Kim, Chang Ho Shin, Gi Hwan Kim, and Yeong Il Kim

3:10     Break

3:30     Shielding Study For Fast-Burst Reactor Building, Brian G. Rees and Richard Malenfant

3:55     Simple Visualization Techniques Used to Optimize the Shielding Configuration of a Reactor on Mars, Randy A. Schwarz and Andrew Prichard

4:20     Simple Method for Spatial Source Distribution Calculation in Vessel Fluence Analysis, B. J. Moon, J. H. Baik, H. R. Hwang

 

 

 

New Mexico Room, Wednesday afternoon

SOURCES Computer Code:  Progress and Applications

Chair:  Erik F. Shores

1:30     Present State of the SOURCES Computer Code, Erik F. Shores

1:55     Application of the Sources Code in Nuclear Safeguards, D.H. Beddingfield

2:20     Dose Estimates of Alternative Plutonium Pyrochemical Processes, Drew E. Kornreich, Joseph W. Jackson, Stephen T. Boerigter, William A. Averill, and Joseph H. Fasel

2:45     Calculation of a Simulated Neutron Source, Robert I Scherpelz and W. Karl Pitts

3:10     Break

3:30     New Neutron Source Algorithms in the ORIGEN-S Code, I. C. Gauld, E. F. Shores and R. T. Perry

3:55     Dose Rates from Plutonium Metal and Beryllium Metal in a 9975 Shipping Container, Steven J. Nathan

4:20     Alpha-n Reactions and Energy Deposition From Thin Layers of Actinide Containing Material, R.T. Perry

 

 

New Mexico Room, Thursday morning

Dose Assessment Technology and Detectors

Chair:  Robert Metzger

8:30     Radiation Litmus Paper, Deidre M. Johns, Joseph A. D’Allesio, Kimberly S. Sheafe, and Benjamin P. Warner

8:55     Development of High Sensitive Phosphorus-compound CaSO4:Dy (KCT-300), J. L. Kim, J. S. Yang, J. I. Lee, S. Y. Chang

9:20     Application of a Genetic Algorithm for the Unfolding Neutron Energy Spectra Produced by Particle Accelerators, Bhaskar Mukherjee

9:45     Low Background Gamma Spectrometry for Environmental Radioactivity, T.  M. Semkow, P. P. Parekh, C. D. Schwenker, A. J. Khan, A. Bari, J. F. Colaresi, O. K. Tench, G. David, and W. Guryn

10:10   Break

Dose Conversion Factors

Chair:  Richard Brey

10:30   Neutron Dosimetry – Application of the New Coefficients from the ICRP 60 to Workplaces for Plutonium Reprocessing at the CEA Valduc, Ph. Crovisier, B. Tournier, C. Itie, B. Asselineau, H. Muller, J.E. Groetz, J. Piot, and A. Chambaudet

10:55   Neutron Effective Dose and the Influence of Adipose Tissue, R. Wayne Simpkins and Nolan E. Hertel

11:20   Calculation of Internal Dose Conversion Factors for Selected Spallation Products, H.Wooten, N. Hertel, T. Andrade, R. Guillmette, and K. Eckerman

11:45   External Dose Conversion Factors from Finite Airborne Radioactive Plumes, Michael H. Momeni

 

 

Stiha Room, Thursday morning

Repository and Waste Management Applications

Chair:  Brian Broadhead

8:55     Shielding Evaluations of Waste Package Designs, Georgeta Radulescu and Jabo S. Tang

9:20     Shielding Characteristics of Various Materials on PWR Waste Packages, Jabo S. Tang

9:45     Radiolytic Production of Nitric Acid Outside A 21-PWR Waste Package, Jabo S. Tang and Georgeta Radulescu

10:10   Break

10:30   Final Results of the WIPP RH TRU Facility Shielding Analysis, Robert B. Hayes, Curtis A. Chester, and Anne E. Strait

10:55   Facts and Frictions in TRU Waste Management, Roger L. Huchton and Andrew Montoya

11:20   Environmental Impact of Lion (Lithium Induced Optimization of spent Nuclear fuel) Process, Yongsoo Hwang, Junghwa Park, Chungsok Seo, Heesung Shin, and Seongwon Park

 

 

Coronado Room, Thursday morning

The Off-Site Source Recovery Project at Los Alamos
     National Laboratory

Chair:  Leroy E. Leonard

8:55     Reducing Orphan Nuclear Stock Pile:  An Overview of Efforts by the Off-Site Source Recovery Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Leroy E. Leonard

9:20     WIPP Compliant Packaging for Large Transuranic Sealed Sources, J. Andrew Tompkins

9:45     Design, Development and Testing of Neutron Shielded Pipe Component Assemblies, Michael W. Pearson and Philip W. Noss

10:10   Break

10:30   Development and Certification of a Special Form Capsule for Sealed Sources to Facilitate Transportation and Storage as Special Form Material, Danny A. Martinez, Cristy L. Abeyta, Leroy E. Leonard, J. Andrew Tompkins, Shelby J. Leonard

10:55   Shielding Analysis of Neutron Emitting Sealed Sources in S100 Pipe Component Overpack/TRUPACT-II Geometries Using MCNP Transport Code and Empirical Measurements, R.T. Perry, T.H. Brown, and J.A. Tompkins

 

 

Santa Fe Room, Thursday morning

Advances in Monte Carlo Codes and Methods

Chair:  Dermott E. Cullen, Co-chair:  Lawrence J. Cox

8:30     Status of the VIM Monte Carlo Neutron/Photon Transport Code, Roger N. Blomquist

8:55     MCNP Version 5.0, Lawrence J. Cox, Thomas E. Booth, Judith F. Briesmeister, Forrest B. Brown, Jeffery S. Bull, Gregg C. Giesler, Russel D. Mosteller, R. Arthur Forster, Richard E. Prael, Elizabeth C. Selcow, Avneet Sood

9:20     TART:  Monte Carlo Radiation Transport in Industrial Applications, Dermott E. Cullen

9:45     Progress and Applications of  FLUKA, Paola R. Sala

10:10   Break

10:30   New MCNPX Developments, J. S. Hendricks, G. W. McKinney, L. S. Waters, H. Grady Hughes, and Edward C. Snow

10:55   MCNPX Running Parallel under PVM, Franz X. Gallmeier

11:20   Development of Heavy Ion Transport Monte Carlo Code, Hiroshi Iwase, Tadahiro Kurosawa, Takashi Nakamura, Nobuaki Yoshizawa, and Jun Funabiki

11:45   Current Status of the RTS&T Code, Experimental and Calculated  Neutron Production from Thick Targets by Intermediate-Energy Proton Irradiation, I.I. Degtyarev, O.A. Liashenko, I.A. Yazynin, A.I. Blokhin, and V.I. Belyakov-Bodin

 

 

Coronado Room, Thursday afternoon

Shielding Applications—IV

Chair:  Nolan E. Hertel

1:55     Monte Carlo Shielding Analysis for Spent Candu Fuel Transport Cask, Cristina Alice Margeanu, Petre Ilie, Liviu Tuturici, and Tatiana Angelescu

2:20     Development and Evaluation of A Neutron-Photon Shield For Transuranic Waste Containers, Roger Wishau, Julio Castro, and Roger Huchton

2:45     MCNP4C Photon Dose Calculations Compared to Measurements, Andrew Hodgdon and Jo Ann Pelczar

3:10     Break

3:30     A Discussion of the Shielding Characteristics of the HI-STORM 100 Dry Cask Storage System, Everett L Redmond II and Vince Bilovsky

3:55     Measured and Calculated Dose Rates Around the HI-STORM 100 Dry Cask Storage System, Everett L Redmond II and Mark Marionneaux

4:20     MACNOS: An Easy-to-Use Optimization Method for Radiation Shielding Design Based on Genetic Algorithm, B. S. Kim, J. H. Moon and C. S. Kang

 

Santa Fe Room, Thursday afternoon

Visualization and User Interface

Chair:  Randy A. Schwarz

1:30     ORIGEN-ARP: A New Windows PC Package for ORIGEN Users, Stephen M. Bowman, James E. Horwedel, Ian C. Gauld, and D. L. Barnett

1:55     ESPN: SAS4 Shielding Processor for SCALE, Stephen M. Bowman and James E. Horwedel

2:20     Creation and Viewing of MCNP/MCNPX Meshes and Grid Tally Data in Moritz, Kenneth A. Van Riper

2:45     Current Status of the MCNP Visual Editor, Randy Schwarz and Leland L. Carter

3:10     Break

3:30     Fission Source Visualization for Criticality Problems Using Collision Density Plots, Christopher J. Gesh and Randy A. Schwarz

3:55     An Efficient Technique for Constructing Realistic Curved Penetrations in MCNP Using VisEd, Robert B. Hayes

4:20     MCNP Visualization Tools:  Bridging the Gap Between Binary and Biology, Todd P. Jenkins

4:45     The Basic Concepts of Geometry Modelling and CAD-Interface in RTS&T Code, O.A. Liashenko and I.I. Degtyarev

 

 

 

New Mexico Room, Thursday afternoon

Advances in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiation Medicine

Chair:  Tim Bohm

1:30     Prospects for Efficient Brachytherapy Dose Calculations using DANTSYS/PARTISN Discrete Ordinates Transport Code, Jeffrey F. Williamson and George M. Daskalov

1:55     Dosimetry of Permanent Prostate Implants Using Monte Carlo Calculations, Tim D. Bohm, Paul M. DeLuca Jr., Larry A. DeWerd

2:20     A Conceptual Design of a Filter and Collimation System for Boron Enhanced Fast Neutron Therapy, Jeremy E. Sweezy, Nolan E. Hertel and Arlene J. Lennox

2:45     Simulation of a CT-Scan Device with PENTRAN Using the New Regional Angular Refinement Technique, Gianluca Longoni and Alireza Haghighat

3:10     Break

3:30     Optimization of Epithermal Neutron Field for Accelerator-based
Boron Neutron Capture Therapy, Shunsuke Yonai, Hiroshi Yashima, Mamoru Baba, Takashi Nakamura, and Takao Aoki

3:55     Improving Existing BNCT Radiation Dosimetry by Use of Registered 18F-BPA PET and T1 Weighted MRI images, M.K. Khan, L.F. Miller, A. Abdul-Raheem, G.W. Kabalka, and T.F. Nichols

4:20     Gamma-Quanta and X-Ray Reflector, Gueorgui P. Gueorguiev

 

 

Stiha Room, Thursday afternoon

Transportation, Storage and Shielding of Radioactive Sources

Chair:  R. T. Perry

1:30     Shielding Design for a Plutonium Oxide Storage Room, Erik F. Shores

1:55     Neutron and Photon Effective Dose Equivalent Rate Calculations for the Repackaging of TRU Waste, J.A. Sattelberger

2:20     A Possible Neutron Source Storage Cask, J. P. Johnson and E. F. Shores

2:45     Working Together on Environmental Programs: A Case Study of the Transportation Resource Exchange Center (T-REX) Website, Mary E. White

3:10     Break

3:30     Object-Oriented Process Modeling for Material-at-Risk Estimation, Drew E. Kornreich and Richard F. Farman

3:55     Validation of Neutron and Gamma Dose Rate Calculations Around Spent Fuel Casks, R. de Wouters, Ph. Maes O. Ergo and J.-P. Wouters