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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 NNPD
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Avila A
Session Chair:
R. A. Borrelli
Alternate Chair:
Cornelius Milmoe
Session Organizer:
Stefani Buster
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Preliminary Results of MIT Reactor HEU-LEU Mixed Core Fuel Conversion Analysis Using RELAP5 Code
Yinjie Zhao (MIT), Lin-Wen Hu (MIT), Erik Wilson (ANL), Yu-Jou Wang (MIT)
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Impact of LEU U-10Mo Fuel Impurities on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor's Neutronics Performance
Valerio Mascolino (ANL), Laura M. Jamison (ANL), Wilson M. Cowherd (ANL), Kyle E. Anderson (ANL), John A. Stillman (ANL), Lin-wen Hu (MIT), Erik H. Wilson (ANL)
Fuzzy Logic Method for Trend Identification in Radiation Measurements Taken with a Mobile Detector with Application to Nuclear Security
Michael Squire (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)
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