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The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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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|4:30–5:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Brian Andersen (NC State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Edward Chen (NC State Univ.)
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Session Producers:
Chaitee Godbole (NC State Univ.)
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Neutronic Analysis of the Submersion-Subcritical Safe Space (S4) Reactor using Reduced Enrichment Uranium Fuel
Chaitee M. Godbole (North Carolina State University), Takanori Kajihara (Texas A&M University College Station), Jared Magnusson (University of California - Los Angeles)
Paper
Geant4 Modeling of Energy and Charge Deposition in Spacecraft Materials
Youssef Abouhussien (Virginia Commonwealth University), Gennady Miloshevsky (Virginia Commonweatlh University)
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