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Decarbonizing the electric sector: Combining renewable and nuclear energy using thermal storage by Denholm, Paul, King, Jeffrey C., Kutcher, Charles F., Wilson, Paul P.H.

“…Both renewable and nuclear energy can provide significant contributions to decarbonizing the electric sector. However, a grid employing large amounts of wind…”
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Policymakers and stakeholders' perceptions of science-driven nuclear energy policy by Li, Nan, Brossard, Dominique, Scheufele, Dietram A, Wilson, Paul P.H

“…This study surveyed 137 policymakers and key stakeholders (e.g., employees of government agencies, academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, industry,…”
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Particle tracking acceleration via signed distance fields in direct-accelerated geometry Monte Carlo by Shriwise, Patrick C, Davis, Andrew, Jacobson, Lucas J, Wilson, Paul P.H

“…Computer-aided design (CAD)-based Monte Carlo radiation transport is of value to the nuclear engineering community for its ability to conduct transport on…”
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A methodology for determining the dynamic exchange of resources in nuclear fuel cycle simulation by Gidden, Matthew J., Wilson, Paul P.H.

“…•A novel fuel cycle simulation entity interaction mechanism is proposed.•A framework and implementation of the mechanism is described.•New facility outage and…”
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Policymakers and stakeholders' perceptions of science-driven nuclear energy policy by Li, Nan, Brossard, Dominique, Scheufele, Dietram A., Wilson, Paul P.H.

“…This study surveyed 137 policymakers and key stakeholders (e.g., employees of government agencies, academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, industry,…”
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EVALUATION OF CRITICAL EXPERIMENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN NUCLEAR REACTOR (UWNR) WITH UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION by Park, Young-Hui, Cheng, Ye, Elzohery, Rabab, Wilson, Paul P.H., Roberts, Jeremy A., DeHart, Mark D.

“…An improved computational model of the University of Wisconsin Nuclear Reactor (UWNR) was developed to support the benchmark evaluation of recent data acquired…”
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Particle tracking acceleration via signed distance fields in direct-accelerated geometry Monte Carlo by Shriwise, Patrick C., Davis, Andrew, Jacobson, Lucas J., Wilson, Paul P.H.

“…Computer-aided design (CAD)-based Monte Carlo radiation transport is of value to the nuclear engineering community for its ability to conduct transport on…”
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US electric industry response to carbon constraint: a life-cycle assessment of supply side alternatives by Meier, Paul J., Wilson, Paul P.H., Kulcinski, Gerald L., Denholm, Paul L.

“…This study explores the boundaries of electric industry fuel switching in response to US carbon constraints. A ternary model quantifies how supply side…”
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Core Flow Distribution from Coupled Supercritical Water Reactor Analysis by Hu, Po, Wilson, Paul P. H.

“…This paper introduces an extended code package PARCS/RELAP5 to analyze steady state of SCWR US reference design. An 8 × 8 quarter core model in PARCS and a…”
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FluDAG: A CAD based tool for high energy physics by Davis, Andrew, Barzilla, Janet, Ferrari, Alfredo, Lee, Kerry T., Vlachoudis, Vasillis, Wilson, Paul P.H.

“…As part of the expansion of the Direct Accelerated Geometry Monte Carlo (DAGMC) toolkit to support other Monte Carlo codes, FluDAG (FLUKA integrated with…”
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Shutdown dose rate analysis with CAD geometry, Cartesian/tetrahedral mesh, and advanced variance reduction by Biondo, Elliott D., Davis, Andrew, Wilson, Paul P.H.

“…[Display omitted] •A CAD-based shutdown dose rate analysis workflow has been implemented.•Cartesian and superimposed tetrahedral mesh are fully…”
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Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing of CAD-Based Geometry for Monte Carlo Radiation Transport by Shriwise, Patrick C., Wilson, Paul P. H., Davis, Andrew, Romano, Paul K.

“…Monte Carlo radiation transport (MCRT) methods have been used to simulate radiation environments for many decades by tracking individual particles through a…”
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Fundamental concepts in the Cyclus nuclear fuel cycle simulation framework by Huff, Kathryn D., Gidden, Matthew J., Carlsen, Robert W., Flanagan, Robert R., McGarry, Meghan B., Opotowsky, Arrielle C., Schneider, Erich A., Scopatz, Anthony M., Wilson, Paul P.H.

“…•Nuclear fuel cycle modeling generality and robustness are improved by a modular, agent based modeling framework.•Discrete material and facility tracking…”
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DagSolid: a new Geant4 solid class for fast simulation in polygon-mesh geometry by Han, Min Cheol, Kim, Chan Hyeong, Jeong, Jong Hwi, Yeom, Yeon Soo, Kim, SungHoon, Wilson, Paul P H, Apostolakis, John

“…Even though a computer-aided design (CAD)-based geometry can be directly implemented in Geant4 as polygon-mesh using the G4TessellatedSolid class, the…”
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A spectral analysis of the domain decomposed Monte Carlo method for linear systems by Slattery, Stuart R., Evans, Thomas M., Wilson, Paul P.H.

“…The domain decomposed behavior of the adjoint Neumann-Ulam Monte Carlo method for solving linear systems is analyzed using the spectral properties of the…”
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Acceleration techniques for the direct use of CAD-based geometry in fusion neutronics analysis by Wilson, Paul P.H., Tautges, Timothy J., Kraftcheck, Jason A., Smith, Brandon M., Henderson, Douglass L.

“…The Direct Accelerated Geometry Monte Carlo (DAGMC) software library offers a unique approach to performing neutronics analysis on CAD-based geometries of…”
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Detailed nuclear analysis of ITER ELM coils by Bohm, Tim D., Sawan, Mohamed E., Jackson, Steve T., Wilson, Paul P.H.

“…The ELM coils in ITER are intended to provide control of Edge Localized Modes (ELMs). These coils are located on the outboard side of ITER between the shield…”
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Qualitative analysis of physical and mathematical approximations necessary for induced radioactivity calculations in fusion devices by Wilson, Paul P.H., Henderson, Douglass L.

“…When engineers and designers of fusion research and power reactors require information related to the induced radioactivity in the first wall, blanket and…”
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