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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|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods
Tuesday, October 11, 2022|8:20–10:00AM EDT|Branle
Session Chair:
Chao Wang (Framatome)
Alternate Chair:
Ian Porter (GE)
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Atomic-Scale Insights into Structural Distortions in Irradiated UO2 at an Intermediate Burnup Around 50 MWd/kgU
8:20–8:45AM EDT
Shaileyee Bhattacharya (Paul Scherrer Institut), Goutam Kuri (Paul Scherrer Institut), Matthias Martin (Paul Scherrer Institut), Johannes Bertsch (Paul Scherrer Institut), Manuel A. Pouchon (Paul Scherrer Institute)
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Interaction Between Hydrogen, Hydrides, and Defects in Zirconium: Insight from Atomistic Simulations
8:45–9:10AM EDT
M. Christensen (Materials Design), M. Yiannourakou (Materials Design), C.B. Geller (Materials Design), E. Wimmer (Materials Design), R.W. Smith (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), W.H. Howland (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), B.F. Kammenzind (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), J.L. Wormald (Naval Nuclear Laboratory - Bettis), E.V. Mader (EPRI)
Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Fission Product Release from TRISO Experiments Modeled Using BISON
9:10–9:35AM EDT
Miles O'Neal (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brian D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Westinghouse Use of Advanced Material Modeling to Accelerate Fuel Development and Qualification
9:35–10:00AM EDT
Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Denise Adorno Lopes (Westinghouse Electric Sweden), Ed Lahoda (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kathryn Metzger (Westinghouse Electric)
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