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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.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|8:00–9:45AM PDT|El Capitan A
Session Chairs:
Deborah A. Hill (NNL (UK))
Benjamin Martin (Y-12)
Session Organizer:
Kermit A. Bunde
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The First ICNC
Richard (Dick) Malenfant (LANL (Ret.))
Presented by David K. Hayes (LANL)
Paper
A Critique of Historical Criticality Accidents Through the Lens of Behavioral Economics
Brittany Williamson (Spectra Tech/SRNS)
Lessons Learned from a Site-Wide Container Improvement Initiative
Dallas Moser (Y-12 National Security Complex), Joshua Schwartz (Y-12 National Security Complex), Chris Haught (Y-12 National Security Complex)
A Comparison of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Uranium Metal-Water Systems Using Calculated and Experimental Critical Data
Rachel Bruenderman (Y-12 National Security Complex), Dallas Moser (Y-12 National Security Complex)
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