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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
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
John D. Bess
Alternate Chair:
William M. Cook
Session Organizer:
Vladimir Sobes
Staff Producer:
Mich Leana (American Nuclear Society)
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The 2020 Edition of the ICSBEP Handbook
John D. Bess (Idaho National Laboratory), Lori Scott (NCSP), Ian P. Hill (Nuclear Energy Agency/OECD), Tatiana Ivanova (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
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Initial Efforts Organizing WPNCS SG-8: Preservation of Expert Knowledge and Judgement Applied to Criticality Benchmarks
Catherine M. Percher (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Shuichi TSUDA (OECD/NEA), Ellen M. Saylor (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), William J. Marshall (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Nicolas Leclaire (Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN)), Ian P. Hill (Nuclear Energy Agency/OECD), Isabelle Duhamel (Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (IRSN)), Douglas G. Bowen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), John D. Bess (Idaho National Laboratory), William Wieselquist (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Benched: Upgrading and Updating the Los Alamos Benchmark Suite for the 21st Century
Jennifer L. Alwin (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kristina Y. Spencer (LANL), Wim Haeck (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Validation of MCNP Critical Benchmark Models of Moderated Highly Enriched Uranium Slabs
Wim Haeck (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jennifer L. Alwin (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Krintina Y. Spencer (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Bradley Madahar (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Dalton T. Wise (Texas A&M University)
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