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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project
Nichols
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
Wednesday, July 24, 2024|8:00–9:50AM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Trey Gebhart (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Michael Loughlin (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Paul P. Wilson (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Neutron Camera with Centimeter Scale Spatial Resolution
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Ellen C. Hayes (Avalanche Energy Designs), Matthew J. Affolter (Avalanche Energy Designs), Park Cover (Avalanche Energy Designs), Erik McKee (Avalanche Energy Designs), Alexander Gargone (Avalanche Energy Designs), Brian Riordan (Avalanche Energy Designs), Robin B. Langtry (Avalanche Energy Designs)
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Electron Density, Temperature and Spatial Distribution Measurements of a High-Voltage Cross-Field Device
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Vladlen Podolsky (Avalanche Energy Designs), Matthew Affolter (Avalanche Energy Designs), Ellen Hayes (Avalanche Energy Designs), Augustus Helson (Avalanche Energy Designs), Erik McKee (Avalanche Energy Designs), Johan Carlsson (Avalanche Energy Designs), Alexander Gargone (Avalanche Energy Designs), Robin Langtry (Avalanche Energy Designs)
Engineering Design and Analysis of Water-Cooled Additively Manufactured Reciprocating Probe in WEST
8:40–9:00AM CDT
M. DeVinney (ORNL), E.A. Unterberg (ORNL), A. Lumsdaine (ORNL), T. Batal (CEA), E. Tinacba (ORNL), B. Quinlan (ORNL), N. Fedorzcak (CEA)
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