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2027 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
October 31–November 4, 2027
Washington, DC|The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
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Disney World should have gone nuclear
There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing Disney World to build a nuclear power plant.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Fuels, Materials, and Structures
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm D
Session Chair:
Ian Ferguson (Oregon State)
Alternate Chair:
Spencer Doran (Oregon State)
Session Organizers:
Robert J. Armstrong (INL)
Tianyi Chen (Oregon State)
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Dynamic Response Characteristics of Fuel-Block Assemblies in a Horizontal, Compact HTGR
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Sai Sharath Parsi (Univ. Buffalo), Enrique Velez (Boston Atomics), W. Robb Stewart (Boston Atomics), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Mettupalayam V. Sivaselvan (Univ. Buffalo), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo)
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Influence of Gamma Radiation on the Mechanical Behavior of Seismic Protective Devices
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Ajaykumar D. Patel (Univ. Buffalo), Dean R. Peterman (INL), Evans D. Kitcher (INL), Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo)
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DELISA-LTO: Description of the Extended Lifetime and its Influence on the Safety Operation and Construction Materials Performance
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Petra Klatovska (UJV Rez), Radim Kopriva (UJV Rez), Veronika Kozakova (UJV Rez), Marek Adamech (VUJE), Jana Petzova (VUJE), David Slnek (VUJE)
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Design and Thermal-Structural Analysis of a Supporting Structure for a Molten Salt Pump Shaft Seal Test Facility
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan)
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