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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 RPD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
Jason Hou (NC State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Organizer:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (American Nuclear Society)
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Preliminary Benchmark Calculations of Spent Nuclear Fuel Isotopic Compositions Using BWR Assay Data
Andy Rivas (University of Florida), Jason Hou (NC State University), Germina Ilas (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Benchmarking VERA for Criticality and Depletion Calculations of Accident Tolerant Fuels
Arthur Viette (Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC), Kang S. Kim (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Isotopic Validation Study of SCALE for HALEU with the IFA-601 Experimental Data
Tucker D. Sawyer (University of Texas at Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin)
Revision of Sample Spectra Calculations for Fast Flux Test Facility Benchmark
John D. Bess (Idaho National Laboratory)
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