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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Going Nuclear: Notes from the officially unofficial book tour
I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Friday, December 3, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EST |Gunston
Session Chair:
Vladimir Sobes
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Michael A. Fendler
Student Assistant:
Gavin VanderBroder
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Fissile Discharge to Unfavorable Geometries: NCS Controls for a Calciner Off-Gas System
10:05–10:25AM EST
Frank J. Sweeney (Y-12 National Security Complex), Spencer P. Jordan (Y-12 National Security Complex), Christopher A. Belk (Y-12 National Security Complex)
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Critical Parameters of Actinide Nuclides Computed Using ENDF/B-VI, VII.0, VII.1, and VIII.0 Cross Sections
10:25–10:45AM EST
Richard G. Taylor (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville)
Validation of KENO Delayed Neutron Fraction Capabilities
10:45–11:05AM EST
Alex Shaw (ORNL), William Marshall (ORNL)
Bayesian Monte Carlo Evaluation Framework for Imperfect Nuclear Data
11:05–11:25AM EST
Jesse M. Brown (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Andrew Holcomb (ORNL), Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL)
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