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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.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Fuels, Materials, and Structures
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm D
Session Chair:
Ian Ferguson (Oregon State)
Alternate Chair:
Spencer Doran (Oregon State)
Session Organizers:
Robert J. Armstrong (INL)
Tianyi Chen (Oregon State)
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Dynamic Response Characteristics of Fuel-Block Assemblies in a Horizontal, Compact HTGR
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Sai Sharath Parsi (Univ. Buffalo), Enrique Velez (Boston Atomics), W. Robb Stewart (Boston Atomics), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Mettupalayam V. Sivaselvan (Univ. Buffalo), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo)
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Influence of Gamma Radiation on the Mechanical Behavior of Seismic Protective Devices
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Ajaykumar D. Patel (Univ. Buffalo), Dean R. Peterman (INL), Evans D. Kitcher (INL), Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo)
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DELISA-LTO: Description of the Extended Lifetime and its Influence on the Safety Operation and Construction Materials Performance
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Petra Klatovska (UJV Rez), Radim Kopriva (UJV Rez), Veronika Kozakova (UJV Rez), Marek Adamech (VUJE), Jana Petzova (VUJE), David Slnek (VUJE)
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Design and Thermal-Structural Analysis of a Supporting Structure for a Molten Salt Pump Shaft Seal Test Facility
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan)
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