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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.
Panel and Technical Session|Radiation Detection and Imaging
Friday, April 14, 2023|3:10–4:30PM EDT|Student Union 362B
Session Chair:
Christian Young (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Haley Davis (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Isotopes & Radiation Division.
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Filament Extrusion Method for Additively Manufactured Scintillation Detectors
3:10–3:30PM EDT
Stephen Stokes (US Naval Academy), Olivia Belcher (US Naval Academy), Samuel Voparil (US Naval Academy)
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Design and Development of a TOF Neutron Beam Imager
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Miriam Matthew (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Sukhjinder Singh (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Alpha Response and Mobility Analysis of Lithium Indium Phosphor Selenide
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Erick K. Hoegberg (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Amine Benkechkache (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Eric D. Lukosi (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Development of a Portable Real-Time Radiation Detector and Discriminator
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Surasak Bandasak (US Naval Academy), Joshua K. Wizgird (US Naval Academy), Hatem ElBidweihy (US Naval Academy), Brian R. Jenkins (US Naval Academy), Hau T. Ngo (US Naval Academy)
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