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Going Nuclear: Notes from the officially unofficial book tour
I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
Technical Session|Condensed Matter Physics
Wednesday, September 11, 2024|11:00AM–12:30PM EDT|Gold Ballroom
Session Chair:
Alex Landa
Alternate Chair:
Jason R. Jeffries
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Probing Bonding Properties of Pu by High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy and Computations
11:00–11:30AM EDT
Tonya Vitova (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Bianca Schacherl (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Michelangelo Tagliavini (Heidelberg Univ.), Harry Ramanantoanina (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Hanna Kaufmann (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), David Fellhauer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Tim Prüßmann (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Karin Popa (European Commission, Joint Research Centre), Olaf Walter (European Commission, Joint Research Centre), Maurits Haverkort (Heidelberg Univ.), Jochen Autschbach (Univ. Buffalo), Paul Bagus (Univ. North Texas)
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Micromechanical Modeling and Experimental Validation of Thermal Strain Accommodation in Two Phase 𝜶 + 𝜹 Plutonium
11:30–11:50AM EDT
Daniel Savage (LANL), Quinton Geller (LANL), Bjorn Clausen (LANL), Travis Carver (LANL), Peter Kenesei (ANL), Jun Sang Park (ANL), Donald Brown (LANL)
Exploring the Local Structures and Temperature Accelerated Aging Effects of Plutonium/Plutonium-Based Materials Using new Facilities, Upgraded Probes, and Uncommon Analysis Techniques
11:50AM–12:10PM EDT
Alexander R. Munoz (LANL), Matthew S. Cook (LANL), Greta L. Chappell (LANL), David C. Arellano (LANL), Derek V. Prada (LANL), Jeremy N. Mitchell (LANL), Eric D. Bauer (LANL), Sarah C. Hernandez (LANL), Neil Harrison (LANL), Paul H. Tobash (LANL), Milinda Abeykoon (Brookhaven), W. Adam Phelan (LANL)
Spin-Orbital-Polarized Density Functional Theory Approach to the Materials Physics of Pu Metal and its Alloys: Theory
12:10–12:30PM EDT
Babak Sadigh (LLNL), Per Soderlind (LLNL), Kyoung E. Kweon (LLNL)
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