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Emily Swain

Neutronic Analyst

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Biography:

​Emily Swain is a neutronic analyst supporting Advanced Test Reactor experiments.  She has been actively involved with neutronic model development of the Advanced Test Reactor and its experiments.  She has developed, adapted, and documented PDQ and HELIOS models and methodologies in support of experiment insertion, safety analysis, and a methods upgrade initiative.  She has provided on-site reactor engineering support, safety analyses, predictions, and surveillances.  She has also performed PWR and BWR safety analyses during internships with Westinghouse Electric Company and Exelon Nuclear Corporation.

Ms. Swain earned her master's and bachelor's degrees in nuclear engineering from Purdue University.  Her master’s thesis applied the artificial neural network computational model to an electric power grid simulation.  She has been involved in many activities including the North American Young Generation in Nuclear – Idaho Section as the website designer and she received the Indiana Academic All-Star award in 1999.  Outside of work she enjoys board, card, and computer games, Purdue Women’s Basketball, and good conversation with good friends.

Education:

​M.S., Nuclear Engineering - Purdue University

B.S., Nuclear Engineering - Purdue University

Publications:

Peer-Reviewed Journals

Swain, E. T., Bays S. E., & Nigg D. W.  (2012)  Modernizing Computational Methods and Validation Protocols for Complex Research Reactor Operations – Turning the Aircraft Carrier.  Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol 107.  (pp. 1059-1062).  2012 ANS Winter Meeting & Nuclear Technology Expo, San Diego, California.


Bays, S. E., Swain, E. T., Crawford, D. S.  (2012)  Status of Validating Core-Reload and Safety Analysis of the Advanced Test Reactor Using HELIOS.  Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol 106.  (pp. 808-810).  2012 ANS Annual Meeting & Embedded Topical Meeting:  Nuclear Fuels and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors, NFSM 2012; Chicago, IL.


Hoffmann, C., Swain, E. T. et al.  (2007)  DDDAS for Autonomic Interconnected Systems:  The National Energy Infrastructure.  7th International Conference on Computational Science.  ICCS 2007, Beijing, China.  Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag Berlin.


Swain, E. T., Xu Y., Gao R., Downar T. J., & Tsoukalas, L. H.  (2006)  The Application of Neural Networks to Electric Power Grid Simulation.  Artificial Neural Networks – ICANN 2006 Vol. 4132 (pp. 736-745).  Athens, Greece.  Heidelberg: Springer Berlin.


Proceedings

Bays, S. E., Swain, E. T., Crawford, D. S., Nigg, D. W.  (2014)  Validation of HELIOS for ATR Core Follow Analyses – INL/CON-13-30718.  PHYSOR 2014, Kyoto, Japan. 


Reports

Nigg, D. W., Steuhm, K. A. et al.  (2012)  Advanced Test Reactor Core Modeling Update Project Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2012 – INL/EXT-12-27059.  Idaho National Laboratory. 


Nigg, D. W. Bays, S. E., Swain, E. T., et al.  (2011)  Advanced Test Reactor Core Modeling Update Project – INL/MIS-12-24967.  Nuclear Fuels & Materials Spotlight, Vol 3.  (pp. 99-128).  Idaho National Laboratory. 


Swain, E. T., Shatford, J. G., Roth, P. A., & DeWald, Jr. A. B.  (2011)  Development of a Computer Model of the RERTR Full-size Element – INL/MIS-12-24967.  Nuclear Fuels & Materials Spotlight, Vol 3.  (pp. 129-180).  Idaho National Laboratory. 


Nigg, D. W., Steuhm, K. A. et al.  (2011)  Advanced Test Reactor Core Modeling Update Project Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2011 – INL/EXT-11-23348.  Idaho National Laboratory.

Awards:

​Division Recognition of Accomplishments
Nuclear Science and Technology – Support for Ki Jang Research Reactor (KJRR) Fuel Assembly Irradiation (2015)
ATR Operations – Support for HELIOS Software Implementation (2015)

 

EIT Indiana License
 
Exceptional Contributions Program Awards
Exceptional Contributions with Respect to Strategic Neutronics Analysis for the Advanced Fuel Cycle (AFC) Program, Specifically the Integrated Recycling Test (IRT) Design Options (2017)
Outstanding Efforts to Complete HELIOS V&V TEV on an Accelerated Schedule (2014)
Exceptional Safety Commitment at INL (2013)
Outstanding Effort on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors Full-Size Element (RERTR-FE) Research, First Principles Application, Model Building and Validation, and Documentation (2011)
Outstanding Contribution on the PDQ Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors Full-Size Element (RERTR-FE) Model (2010)

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