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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|4:50–6:30PM EST
Session Chair:
Colby B. Jensen
Alternate Chair:
Vincenzo V. Rondinella
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Staff Producer:
Daryl Rizzo (American Nuclear Society)
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Post-Irradiation Examination Supporting the Transformational Challenge Reactor
Annabelle Le Coq (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kurt A. Terrani (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jesse W. Werden (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Xunxiang Hu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thak Sang Byun (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kory Linton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Microstructural Characterization of U-Mo Dispersion Fuel Using Automated Image Processing
Adam B. Robinson (Idaho National Laboratory), Meimei Li (Argonne National Lab), Wei-Ying Chen (Argonne National Lab), Dennis D. Keiser (Idaho National Laboratory), Abdellatif M. Yacout (Argonne National Laboratory), Gerard L. Hofman (Argonne National Laboratory), Laura M. Jamison (Argonne National Laboratory), Bei Ye (Argonne National Laboratory), Zhi-Gang Mei (Argonne National Laboratory)
Post-Irradiation Examination of 3D-Printed SiC
Kurt A. Terrani (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thak S. Byun (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Yanwen Zhang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Chad M. Parish (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Takaaki Koyanagi (ORNL), Hsin Wang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Timothy G. Lach (ORNL)
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