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General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project
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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|Fundamental Thermal Hydraulics
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Columbia 3/4
Session Chair:
Daniele Vivaldi (IRSN)
Alternate Chairs:
Philippe M. Bardet
Guillaume Ricciardi (CEA)
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Investigation of the Stochastic Nucleation Timing and Site Distribution on Boiling Heat Transfer with Bubble Tracking Method
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Heepyo Hong (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Ja Hyun Ku (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Hyoung Kyu Cho (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
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Enhancing Nanoscale Heat Pipe with Hydrophilic/hydrophobic Pattern: A Molecular Dynamics Study
11:05–11:25AM EDT
Wei Deng (City Univ. Hong Kong), Jiyun Zhao (City Univ. Hong Kong)
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A Study of Wall Heat Flux Partitioning Model for Subcooled Boiling Flow
11:25–11:45AM EDT
Manh Long Doan (Pusan National Univ.), Jeongmin Moon (Pusan National Univ.), Youngchang Ko (Pusan National Univ.), Jae Jun Jeong (Pusan National Univ.), Byongjo Yun (Pusan National Univ.)
AC2-ATHLET Simulations of PERSEO Test Facility
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
Sebastian Buchholz (GRS)
Temperature Dependence on Advancing and Receding Contact Angles of Water on Smooth Stainless Steel Surface Under Elevated Pressure: Preliminary Results of an Experimental Study
12:05–12:25PM EDT
Guo-Tao Fu (Zhejiang Univ.), Li-Wu Fan (Zhejiang Univ.), Jia-Wen Song (Univ. Calgary)
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