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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|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Vincenzo V. Rondinella
Alternate Chair:
Colby B. Jensen
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Staff Producer:
Daryl Rizzo (American Nuclear Society)
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Quantifying Fuel Bonding Through Activation Analysis
John E. Barlow (University of Texas at Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin)
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Environmentally Assisted Cracking and Irradiation Embrittlement of Decommissioned Baffle Plates
Yiren Chen (Argonne National Laboratory), Bogdan Alexandreanu (Argonne National Laboratory), Appajosula S. Rao (US NRC)
Finite Element Simulations of Thermal Conductivity of SiC/SiC Composite
Lin Zhang (University of Pittsburgh), Xianping Zhong (University of Pittsburgh), Heng Ban (University of Pittsburgh)
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