Important Dates
Workshop Date: January 14-18, 2019
Last Date to Pay and receive the Early Payment Discount: December 14th, 2018
Last Date to Cancel registration for a cash refund: December 14th, 2018
Workshop Fees
If tuition is paid before the early payment discount date (see date above): $2500
If tuition is paid after the early payment discount date (see date above): $2800
If tuition is paid after the class starts: $3000
Workshop Description
Participants MUST get MCNP® and the Visual Editor 61 from RSICC prior to the class. Email proof by following the steps in this .pdf file. You must email this proof to Randy Schwarz with your registration.
Click here for useful information about using Visplot 6.1 with 6.2 input files.
This workshop will focus on advanced sources, complex tallies, and how to use variance reduction on your problems to help your tallies converge.
The workshop will be taught by Randy Schwarz who has been doing MCNP ® calculations for over 30 years and doing workshops for 20 years.
Participants can create geometries using the software of their choice (by hand, using Nucwiz (http://mcnpvised.com/nucwiz/nucwiz.html), or the Visual Editor (http://mcnpvised.com/visualeditor/visualeditor.html).
The focus will be on running calculations and getting converged answers. Because of the small workshop size, Randy will focus the workshop to your specific needs and will apply the concepts to your problems.
Randy has extensive knowledge in variance reduction an example of some of his work can be found here:
http://mcnpvised.com/2014ANS/success/ANS_success.html
Participants are encouraged to bring their own input files to apply the methods from this workshop on their specific tasks.
Instructor
Randy Schwarz - Click here for Bio.
Lodging and Facilities
This course will be held in Las Vegas on the University of Las Vegas campus.
A hotel has not been set aside for the class.
If you need ideas for a hotel, there is an embassy suites hotel on
You will probably need a rental car, parking passes will be provided on the first day of the class. The class will be held in the Thomas T. Beam Engineering Complex (Click for Google Maps) in room TBE B-367 starting at 8:30 AM. You can park in the garage near the building PKG1 ( Click for Google Maps) in any marked student spots (white spaces) in the parking lots or anywhere on the 2nd thru top floors of the Cottage Grove Parking garage. The garage can be accessed from Flamingo road. UNLV classes are not in session so parking should not be a problem.
Registration
To register, you must send proof that you are a licensed user of MCNP® to Randy Schwarz. To do this, follow the instructions in this .pdf file.
After you have sent proof to Randy, you must also email the following information to Randy Schwarz (preferred) or call (509)539-8621 :
- Employer
- Citizenship
- Name
- Address
- Phone
- Method of payment: check, wire transfer, or credit card.
- Your version of MCNP®: Follow these steps to mail proof to Randy: Click Here for .pdf
- Years of experience using MCNP®
- Can you bring your own laptop?
Note: In some cases it can take up to 45 days to get approved for this code. Your registration can not be finalized until you have been approved for access to this code by RSICC. Click Here to order the code from RSICC.
Method of Payment:
The workshop is five days long.
Payment for the workshop can be made by check, wire transfer, or VISA/Mastercard.
Payment by Check (preferred):
To pay by check, make checks out to Visual Editor Consultants (checks must be in US dollars on a check from a US bank). Send check to:
Randy Schwarz
P.O. Box 1308
Richland, WA 99352
email: RandySchwarz@mcnpvised.com
Payment by wire transfer (also preferred):
Email Randy for details.
Payment by Credit Card:
Please fill out the form and fax it to (509)946-2001. Click here to download credit card payment form (.pdf format) (Microsoft Word format).
Cancellation Policy
Payment will be refunded for cancellations received by the "Last Date to Cancel for a Refund" date, two weeks in advance of the start date of the workshop. Cancellations received after that date will be rescheduled to the next available class but payment will not be refunded. Substitutions of a different employee from the same company are permitted with prior approval.