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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 HFICD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Jasmine H
Session Chair:
Christian M. Petrie
Alternate Chair:
Edward J. Cazalas
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Measuring Flow Rates and Compositions in Salt Reactors with Gamma Spectroscopy
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Charles Forsberg (MIT), Dave Carpenter (MIT), Seth Dayawansa (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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A Compact and Robust Semiconductor Neutron Detector Alternative for Subsurface Exploration
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Shikha Prasad (SLB)
Laser-Spectroscopy Testbed Design for Impurity Monitoring in Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors
1:40–2:00PM PDT
M. Ortiz (Univ. Michigan), E. Kent (ANL), J. Craparo (Energy Research Co.), R. De Saro (Energy Research Co.), I. Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan), M. Burger (Univ. Michigan)
Drift for Optical Fiber-Based Gamma Thermometer
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Thomas E. Blue (Ohio State), Anthony Birri (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
Cherenkov-Based Neutron Detector Design and Development for Advanced Reactors
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Jacob Strong (Univ. Utah), Jesse Snow (Univ. Utah), Edward Cazalas (Univ. Utah)
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