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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 NISD
Monday, June 8, 2020|3:30–5:15PM EDT|1
Session Chair:
Zachary Jankovsky (SNL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Matthew R. Denman
Staff Producer:
David Strutz (American Nuclear Society)
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Potential Improvements in Human Error Probability Seed Optimizer Algorithms
Nathan R. DeKett (Enercon Services)
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Projecting Top Event Frequencies using a Pareto Distribution Model
Flammable Gas Controls on 56 Million Gallons of Radioactive Waste at DOE Hanford
T. Albert Hu, Ph.D. (U.S. Department of Energy)
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