William Walters

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Recent Publications

Development of Uncertainty Analysis Techniques for the Fission Matrix–Based Neutron Transport Code RAPID

He, D. & Walters, W., 2022, In: Nuclear Science and Engineering. 196, 9, p. 1101-1113 13 p.

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Investigating the dynamics of methylmercury bioaccumulation in the Beaufort Sea shelf food web: a modeling perspective

Li, M. L., Gillies, E. J., Briner, R., Hoover, C. A., Sora, K. J., Loseto, L. L., Walters, W. J., Cheung, W. W. L. & Giang, A., Jun 24 2022, In: Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 24, 7, p. 1010-1025 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Toward the Engineering Feasibility of the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket

Thomas, D., Houts, M., Walters, W., Hollingsworth, K., Frederick, R. & Cassibry, J., May 19 2022, In: JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. 75, 5, p. 181-188 8 p.

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Strategies for Fast Fission Matrix Estimation with Fuel Temperature and Control Rod Feedback

Rau, A. J. & Walters, W. J., 2021, In: Nuclear Science and Engineering. 195, 10, p. 1017-1035 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Toward the Engineering Feasibility of the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket

Thomas, D., Houts, M., Walters, W., Hollingsworth, K., Frederick, R. & Cassibry, J., 2021, In: Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC. C4

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

An Ecopath with Ecosim model for the Pacific coast of eastern Japan: Describing the marine environment and its fisheries prior to the Great East Japan earthquake

Booth, S., Walters, W. J., Steenbeek, J., Christensen, V. & Charmasson, S., Jul 15 2020, In: Ecological Modelling. 428, 109087.

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Neutronics analysis for designing a low activation heated test cell

Buratynski, M. & Walters, W. J., 2020, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 122, p. 181-184 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

A correction method for RAPID fission matrix calculations with control rod movement

He, D. & Walters, W. J., Mar 2020, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 121, 103226.

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Development of RAPID transport calculation with heterogeneous temperature distribution

He, D. & Walters, W. J., Dec 1 2020, In: Annals of Nuclear Energy. 148, 107685.

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Fission matrix homogenization and iterative convergence in RAPID

He, D. & Walters, W. J., Aug 2020, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 126, 103407.

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Validation of coupled fission matrix – TRACE methods for thermal-hydraulic and control feedback on the Penn State Breazeale Reactor

Rau, A. & Walters, W. J., May 2020, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 123, 103273.

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An iterative fission matrix scheme for calculating steady-state power and critical control rod position in a TRIGA reactor

Topham, T. J., Rau, A. & Walters, W. J., Jan 2020, In: Annals of Nuclear Energy. 135, 106984.

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Nuclear data uncertainty challenges in molten salt reactor safeguards

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

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Evaluation of updated monte carlo models for the penn state breazeale reactor

Harris, B. K. & Walters, W. J., 2019, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 121, p. 1529-1531 3 p.

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A local fission matrix correction method for heterogeneous whole core transport with RAPID

He, D. & Walters, W. J., Dec 2019, In: Annals of Nuclear Energy. 134, p. 263-272 10 p.

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