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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 OPD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Hitesh Bindra (Kansas State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
W. Neal Mann (The University of Texas at Austin)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
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Micro-Reactor and Energy Storage Coupled Truck Charging Terminal
Derek W. Kultgen (Argonne National Laboratory), Darius D. Lisowski (Argonne National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Stauff (Argonne National Laboratory), Matthew D. Bucknor (Argonne National Laboratory)
Paper
Multi-Gigawatt-Day Low-Cost Crushed-Rock Heat Storage Coupled to Light-Water Reactors with a Stand-Alone Steam Cycle
Ali Aljefri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Charles W. Forsberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Base-Load Reactors for Variable Electricity with Crushed-Rock Heat Storage and Nitrate-Salt Heat Transfer
Mriganka Mandal (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Charles W. Forsberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Performance Comparison of Solid Reactant Based on Pellets and Powder for Ca(OH)2/CaO Chemical Heat Pump
Aman Gupta (University of Idaho), Paul D. Armatis (Oregon State University), Piyush Sabharwall (Idaho National Laboratory), Brian M. Fronk (Oregon State University), Vivek P. Utgikar (University of Idaho)
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