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October 31–November 4, 2027
Washington, DC|The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
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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 NCSD
Monday, November 16, 2020|1:00–3:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Angela Chambers
Alternate Chair:
Marsha Henley (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Douglas G. Bowen
Staff Producer:
Mich Leana (American Nuclear Society)
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Data Testing of Polyethylene Thermal Scattering Law with New Thermal Epithermal eXperiments (TEX) Plutonium Baseline Benchmark, PU-MET-MIXED-002
Catherine M. Percher (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), David P. Heinrichs (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Soon S. Kim (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Jesse D. Norris (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Reference — Percher Presentation
Paper
Bayesian Monte Carlo Evaluation Framework for Cross Sections Nuclear Data and Integral Benchmark Experiments
Dorothea Wiarda (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Andrew M. Holcomb (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jesse Brown (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Goran Arbanas (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Reference
S/U Comparison Study with a Focus on USLs
Justin B. Clarity (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kristina Y. Spencer (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Ellen M. Saylor (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Michael E. Rising (Los Alamos National Laboratory), William J. Marshall (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Robert C. Little (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Luiz C. Leal (Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN)), Frederic Fernex (Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN)), Isabelle Duhamel (Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN)), Forrest B. Brown (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jennifer L. Alwin (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Experiments at Sandia to Measure the Effect of Temperature on Critical Systems
David E. Ames (Sandia National Laboratories), Gary A. Harms (Sandia National Laboratories)
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