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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|Severe Accidents
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Fairchild East/West
Session Chair:
Martina Adorni (NEA)
Alternate Chair:
Mitchell T. Farmer
Session Organizer:
David L. Luxat
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Preliminary Study on Melt Spreadability in Ex-Vessel Core Catcher Under Dry Condition
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Byung Jo Kim (KEPCO Engineering and Construction Co.), Dae Hyung Lee (KEPCO Engineering and Construction Co.), Sun Hong Yoon (KEPCO Engineering and Construction Co.)
Paper
Analysis of Corium Coolability in MCCI Conditions for Two Types of Concrete, Using ASTEC Calculations
1:50–2:10PM EDT
C. Bouillet (IRSN)
Simplified Model for One-Dimensional Ex-Vessel Corium Coolability
2:10–2:30PM EDT
Jaehoon Jung (KAERI), Seokgyu Jeong (KAERI)
Transient Cooling Investigation of a Conceptual Core Catcher Design with Embedded Cooling Tubes Using a GOTHIC 3D Model
2:30–2:50PM EDT
Zhuo Liu (China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.), Wei Li (China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.), Qiang Guo (China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.), Yidan Yuan (China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.), Ningxi Jia (China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.), Yu Jin (China Nuclear Power Engineering Co.), Weimin Ma (Royal Institute of Technology)
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