Amanda Johnsen

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Assistant Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Recent Publications

The Design of High-Temperature Molten Salt Irradiation Test Apparatus

Eltawila, M., Hisahara, E., Yesilada, B., Walters, W., Johnsen, A. & Lee, S., 2023, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 129, p. 390-393 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Molten Salt Cask Design using MOOSE Framework for High-Temperature Irradiation Experiment

Hisahara, E., Yesilada, B., Eltawila, M., Walters, W., Johnsen, A. & Lee, S., 2023, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 129, p. 1130-1133 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Characterization of the Fast-Neutron Irradiator and the Fast-Flux Tube Irradiation Fixtures at the Pennsylvania State Breazeale Reactor

Kuatbek, M., Pierson, B. D., Lyons, S. M., Flaska, M. & Johnsen, A. M., Nov 2023, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 413, 112505.

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The impact of nuclear data uncertainty on identifying plutonium diversion in liquid-fueled Molten Salt Reactors

Vidal Soares, A., Kovacevic, B., Johnsen, A., Lintereur, A., Betzler, B., Dion, M., Shoman, N. & Walters, W., Oct 2023, In: Annals of Nuclear Energy. 191, 109881.

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Fabrication and Characterization of Zirconium Silicide for Application to Gas-Cooled Fast Reactors

Jacobsen, G. M., Choi, H., Turso, J. A., Johnsen, A. M., Bascom, A. J., Wei, X. & Olevsky, E. A., 2022, In: Nuclear Technology. 208, 1, p. 27-36 10 p.

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Isotopic uncertainty quantification of a molten salt reactor model for safeguards purposes

Soares, A. V., Kovacevic, B., Lintereur, A., Johnsen, A., Betzler, B., Dion, M. & Walters, W. J., 2022, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 127, 1, p. 137-140 4 p.

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Characterization of Penn State's Reactor Core Face Irradiation Fixture

Angermeier, S., Kuatbek, M. & Johnsen, A., 2021, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 125, 1, p. 374-377 4 p.

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Characterization of the Fast Neutron Irradiator Fixture at the Pennsylvania State Breazeale Reactor

Kuatbek, M., Pierson, B. D., Lyons, S. & Johnsen, A. M., 2021, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 125, 1, p. 378-381 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Nuclear data uncertainty challenges in molten salt reactor safeguards

Vidal Soares, A. A., Lintereur, A., Betzler, B. R., Johnsen, A., Flygare, J., Worrall, L. & Walters, W., 2020, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 123, 1, p. 1471-1474 4 p.

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Neutron activation analysis of ancient Italian tile samples

Johnsen, A. M., Durrant, C. B. & Ünlü, K., Dec 1 2019, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 322, 3, p. 1529-1535 7 p.

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Characterization of soil, sediment, and wastewater samples from hydraulic fracturing processes using the comparative NAA method

Kuatbek, M., Johnsen, A. M. & Ünlü, K., Dec 1 2019, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 322, 3, p. 1563-1570 8 p.

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Accuracy of methods for reporting inorganic element concentrations and radioactivity in oil and gas wastewaters from the Appalachian Basin, U.S. Based on an inter-laboratory comparison

Tasker, T. L., Burgos, W. D., Ajemigbitse, M. A., Lauer, N. E., Gusa, A. V., Kuatbek, M., May, D., Landis, J. D., Alessi, D. S., Johnsen, A. M., Kaste, J. M., Headrick, K. L., Wilke, F. D. H., McNeal, M., Engle, M., Jubb, A. M., Vidic, R. D., Vengosh, A. & Warner, N. R., Feb 2019, In: Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 21, 2, p. 224-241 18 p.

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Neutron activation analysis capabilities and applications at the Penn State Radiation Science and Engineering Center

Johnsen, A. M. & Ünlü, K., Mar 2018, In: Forensic Chemistry. 7, p. 56-64 9 p.

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Holmium for Use in Cancer Therapy

Shi, Y., Johnsen, A. M. & Di Pasqua, A. J., Nov 2 2017, In: Comments on Inorganic Chemistry. 37, 6, p. 281-300 20 p.

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Reactor production of 64Cu and 67Cu using enriched zinc target material

Johnsen, A. M., Heidrich, B. J., Durrant, C. B., Bascom, A. J. & Ünlü, K., Jul 8 2015, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 305, 1, p. 61-71 11 p.

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