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2020 ANS Virtual Winter Meeting
November 16–19, 2020
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Nuclear Science Week: the ANS local and student sections events
Nuclear Science Week (NSW) is a celebration designed to focus local, regional, national, and international interest on all aspects of nuclear science. National events marking the 11th annual NSW took place October 19–23 in Washington, D.C. This year’s theme was “Think Clean. Think Solutions. Think Nuclear.”
Several ANS local and student sections from around the world organized their own events to celebrate NSW, as follows:
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, June 9, 2020|11:00AM–1:10PM (12:00–2:10PM EDT)
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (American Nuclear Society)
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Preliminary Results from In-Pile Transient Boiling Experiments at the TREAT Facility
C. Jensen (INL), D. Wachs (INL), R. Armstrong (INL), A. Fleming (INL), N. Woolstenhulme (INL), C. Folsom (INL), R. Hernandez (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), N. Brown (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), K. Terrill (Univ. of Idaho), R. Christensen (Univ. of Idaho)
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Informing Transient Testing of Fuel Designs for the Transformational Challenge Reactor
Robert Kile (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Daniel Schappel (ORNL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Kurt A. Terrani (ORNL), Gokul Vasudevamurthy (ORNL), Aaron J. Wysocki (ORNL)
Strontium Diffusivity in IG-110 Graphite Using a Time-Release Method
Taylor Mae Weilert (Univ. of Missouri)
Establishing Maximal Core Excess Reactivity Envelope for TREAT Test Vehicle Insertion
John D. Bess (INL), James R. Parry (INL), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL)
HFIR Irradiation Testing Supporting the Transformational Challenge Reactor
A. G. Le Coq (ORNL), T. S. Byun (ORNL), X. Hu (ORNL), R. H. Howard (ORNL), P. Champlin (ORNL), K. D. Linton (ORNL), K. A. Terrani (ORNL)
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