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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project
Nichols
The Oak Ridger has published the latest in a series of articles about General Kenneth D. Nichols, the Manhattan Project, and the 1954 Atomic Energy Act. The series has been produced by Nichols’ grandniece Barbara Rogers Scollin and Oak Ridge (Tenn.) city historian David Ray Smith. Gen. Nichols (1907–2000) was the district engineer for the Manhattan Engineer District during the Manhattan Project.
As Smith and Scollin explain, Nichols “had supervision of the research and development connected with, and the design, construction, and operation of, all plants required to produce plutonium-239 and uranium-235, including the construction of the towns of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Richland, Washington. The responsibility of his position was massive as he oversaw a workforce of both military and civilian personnel of approximately 125,000; his Oak Ridge office became the center of the wartime atomic energy’s activities.”
Technical Session
Monday, September 26, 2022|3:45–5:50PM PDT|Grand Pacific D
Session Chair:
Tanja Goričanec (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Alternate Chair:
Pedro Vaz (Tecnico Lisboa)
Session Organizer:
Thomas M. Miller (ORNL)
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Study on Effects of Pressurizer Cutting Scenario of Pressurizer in Pressurized Water Reactor
3:45–4:10PM PDT
Hak Yun Lee (Chosun Univ.), Min Ho Lee (Chosun Univ.), Sun il Kim (Chosun Univ.), Jong Soon Song (Chosun Univ.)
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Dosimetry for Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants
4:10–4:35PM PDT
Reuven Rachamin (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Joerg Konheiser (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Astrid Barkleit (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Marcus Seidl (PreussenElektra)
Assessment of Waste Form Acceptance Criteria for Phosphate-Based Geopolymer Waste Form to Immobilize Radioactive Borate Waste
4:35–5:00PM PDT
Byoungkwan Kim (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Jaehyuk Kang (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Younglim Shin (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Wooyong Um (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology)
Study of Activation in Fuel Assemblies for Decommissioning Tasks Optimization
5:00–5:25PM PDT
E. Jabaloyas (Univ. Politècnica de València), J. Ródenas (Univ. Politècnica de València), A. Querol (Florida Univ.), G. Verdu (Univ. Politècnica de València)
Decommissioning of Steam Reformers -- From Radiological Characterization to a Decommissioning Concept
5:25–5:50PM PDT
Luc Schlömer (WTI), Henning Keller (WTI), Sven Tittelbach (WTI)
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