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Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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|New and Advanced Reactors|Special Topics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Cardozo
Session Chair:
Sunming Qin (INL)
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Investigation of Cladding Thermal Behavior Under Simulated Reflood Conditions
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Cole Dunbar (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Thomas Demo (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Kumar Sridharan (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Hwasung Yeom (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Robert Armstrong (INL), David Kamerman (INL), Benjamin Maier (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andrew Hoffman (General Electric Research), Raul Rebak (General Electric Research)
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Chromium Oxidation Model Implementation in Best-Estimate Thermal-Hydraulic System Code for Accident Tolerant Fuel
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Dong-Young Lee (FNC Technology Co.), Tae-sun Ro (FNC Technology Co.), Bub-Dong Chung (FNC Technology Co.), YoungJae Park (FNC Technology Co.), Soon-Joon Hong (FNC Technology Co.)
Application of Half-Boundary Method in Solving Annular Fuel Temperature Field
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Boxue Wang (North China Electric Power Univ.), Mei Huang (North China Electric Power Univ.), Yaodi Li (North China Electric Power Univ.)
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Study on Performance Evaluation of 2x2 Annular Fuel with Spacer Grid in PWR
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Sipeng Wang (Nanjing Univ. Aeronautics and Astronautics), Zhuoyao Li (Nanjing Univ. Aeronautics and Astronautics), Bao-Wen Yang (DEQD Institute for Advanced Research in Multiphase Flow and Energy Transfer)
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Research and Application of Annular Fuel Performance Analysis Models Applicable to Fast Reactor
4:50–5:10PM EDT
Qihao Tao (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Zhiyuan Xia (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Bo Zhang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.)
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