Bruce Patton

Research Interests

• conducting computational analysis of nuclear criticality experiments and radiation shielding using large scale Monte Carlo simulation codes
  

Education

• Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan, 1996
• M.S. in Nuclear Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986
• B.S. in Physics, Louisiana Tech University, 1979

Publications

2011

T. E. Valentine, B. W. Patton, and I. C. Gauld, Evaluation of High Energy Delayed Gamma Spectroscopy Measurements of Spent Nuclear Fuel at the ORNL Irradiated Fuels Examination Laboratory, ORNL/LTR-2011/519, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., December 2011.

G. Ilas and B. W. Patton, Core Neutronics Reference Analysis for HFIR Zr-Clad U-Mo LEU Fuel, ORNL/LTR-2011/358, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., September 2011.

2010

T. M. Miller and B. W. Patton, “Investigations of Active Interrogation Techniques to Detect Special Nuclear Material in Maritime Environments,” Proc. American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2010 Topical Meeting, Las Vegas, Nev., April 18-23, 2010, on CD-ROM.

T. M. Miller, H. Akkurt, and B. W. Patton, “Personnel Dose Assessment During Active Interrogation,” Proc. American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2010 Topical Meeting, Las Vegas, Nev., April 18-23, 2010, on CD-ROM.

D. E. Peplow, T. M. Miller, and B. W. Patton, “Hybrid Monte Carlo/Deterministic Methods for Active Interrogation Modeling,” Proc. American Nuclear Society Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2010 Topical Meeting, Las Vegas, Nev., April 18-23, 2010, on CD-ROM.