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2027 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
October 31–November 4, 2027
Washington, DC|The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
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Disney World should have gone nuclear
There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing Disney World to build a nuclear power plant.
Technical Session
Saturday, April 10, 2021|2:00–3:30PM EDT
Session Chair:
Jake Mitstifer (Univ. of Ill., Urbana-Champaign)
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Edward Chen (NC State Univ.)
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Session Producers:
Ni Kan (NC State Univ.)
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Design of a Critical Benchmark Experiment for the Intermediate Energy Pu-239 Fission Cross Section
Ralph Arel B. D'Agostino (North Carolina State University), William A. Garrabrant (North Carolina State University), Carena G. Kelly (South Carolina State University), John Mattingly (North Carolina State University)
Paper
Optimization of the Rossi-Alpha Histogram for Bin Width and Reset Time
Rowan Marchie (University of Michigan), Michael Hua (University of Michigan), Sara A. Pozzi (University of Michigan)
Assessing the Application of Distributed Ledger Technology to the Development of the Next Generation of Nuclear Power Plants
Priyanka M. Pandit (North Carolina State University), Vibhav Srivaths (North Carolina State University), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (North Carolina State University)
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