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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 RPSD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
Amir A. Bahadori
Alternate Chair:
Jeremy A. Roberts
Session Organizer:
Michael Lorne Fensin
Staff Producer:
Julie Bry (American Nuclear Society)
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MCNP Modeling of a Multi-Volume Neutron Spectrometer
Teancum E. Quist (Univeristy of Utah), Edward J. Cazalas (University of Utah)
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Effective Dose Calculation in the VVER-440 Maintenance Area
Branislav Vrban (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia), Filip Osuský (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia), Vladimír Nečas (Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia)
Simulated Optimization of Neutron Detection in Optically Stimulated Luminescence Fibers
Elizabeth Andreyka (Oregon State University), Anand Iyer (North Carolina State University), Nai`a North (University of Michigan), Margaret A. Root (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Sarah Sarnoski (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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