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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Malibu
Session Chair:
Simon Pimblott (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Troy Munro
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Mobility of Hydrogen in YH2-x Moderator Materials
Scarlett Widgeon Paisner (LANL), Aditya P. Shivprasad (LANL), Todd M. Alam (Sandia), Erik P. Luther (LANL), Thomas J. Nizolek (LANL), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL), Matthew A. Griffin (LANL)
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Used Fuel Modeling: An Integral Approach Using PEGASUS Code
Wenfeng Liu (Structural Integrity Assoc.), Joe Rashid (Structural Integrity Assoc.), Bill Lyon (Structural Integrity Assoc.), Michael Kennard (Structural Integrity Assoc.)
Demonstration Pressurized Water Reactor Control Rod Withdrawal Analysis Using BISON and RELAP5-3D for High Burnup Fuel
Isabelle Lindsay (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Quang Phung (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Seokbin Seo (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Fabrication of CeN (UN Fuel Surrogate) Using Pressureless Fast Heating System
Logan Joyce (Purdue), Yi Xie (Purdue)
Oxidation Rate Dependence of Matrix Graphite Blends on Texture Orientation in High Temperature Steam Atmospheres
Katherine I. Montoya (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL), Elizabeth S. Sooby (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)
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