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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The spark of the Super: Teller–Ulam and the birth of the H-bomb—rivalry, credit, and legacy at 75 years
In early 1951, Los Alamos scientists Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam devised a breakthrough that would lead to the hydrogen bomb [1]. Their design gave the United States an initial advantage in the Cold War, though comparable progress was soon achieved independently in the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine A
Session Chair:
Junghyun Bae
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Andrew Worrall
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RAMT-PSA© -- An Emerging Tool for Radioactive Material Transportation Probabilistic Safety Assessment to Support Decision-Making
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Manorma Kumar (Technical Univ. Catalonia), Guillem Cortes-Rossell (Technical Univ. Catalonia)
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Development of a Functions and Requirements Document for a SNF Transportation Package Performance Demonstration
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Laura Hay (PNNL), Steven Maheras (PNNL), Miriam Juckett (PNNL), Harold Adkins Jr. (PNNL), Erica Bickford (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Gerard Jackson (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Douglas Ammerman (Sandia), Kevin J. Connolly (ORNL)
Process Intensification for Recovery of Uranium from Spent Fuel Using DEHiBA
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Gregg J. Lumetta (PNNL), Gabriel B. Hall (PNNL), Nathan P. Bessen (PNNL), Daria Boglaienko (PNNL), Amy L. Speelman (PNNL)
Isotope Recovery from UNF Recycling and Transmutation
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Ross Radel (SHINE Technologies), Tracy Radel (SHINE Technologies), Yana Karslyan (SHINE Technologies)
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