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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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The Frisch-Peierls memorandum: A seminal document of nuclear history
The Manhattan Project is usually considered to have been initiated with Albert Einstein’s letter to President Franklin Roosevelt in October 1939. However, a lesser-known document that was just as impactful on wartime nuclear history was the so-called Frisch-Peierls memorandum. Prepared by two refugee physicists at the University of Birmingham in Britain in early 1940, this manuscript was the first technical description of nuclear weapons and their military, strategic, and ethical implications to reach high-level government officials on either side of the Atlantic. The memorandum triggered the initiation of the British wartime nuclear program, which later merged with the Manhattan Engineer District.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Fantail
Session Chair:
Theresa E. Cutler
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Amy E. van der Vyver
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Burnup Credit Loading Curves for High-Burnup and Extended Enrichment Fuels
10:00–10:20AM EST
W.A. Metwally (ORNL), A. Lang (ORNL), V. Karriem (ORNL), M.N. Dupont (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), C. Celik (ORNL), K.L. Fassino (ORNL), A.M. Shaw (ORNL)
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Application of BUC for BWR Fuel in Final Disposal at SKB
10:20–10:40AM EST
Anna Alvestav (Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Mgmt. Co.), Rasmus Renberg (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Erik Dalborg (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Per Zetterstrom (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Jesper Kierkegaard (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), Fredrik Johansson (Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Mgmt. Co.)
Development of Nuclear Data Measurements Capabilities at the Spallation Neutron Source
10:40–11:00AM EST
Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Luke Daemen (ORNL), Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Zain Karriem (ORNL), Antonio Moreira Dos Santos (ORNL), Jamie Molaison (ORNL), Klaus Guber (ORNL), Luiz Leal (ORNL)
Analysis of NCERC Critical Experiments with ENDF/B Nuclear Data Libraries
11:00–11:20AM EST
Peter Brain (LANL), Kelsey Amundson (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Noah Kleedtke (LANL), Alex McSpaden (LANL), Nick Thompson (LANL)
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