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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2023)
February 6–9, 2023
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Nuclear energy: enabling production of food, fiber, hydrocarbon biofuels, and negative carbon emissions
In the 1960s, Alvin Weinberg at Oak Ridge National Laboratory initiated a series of studies on nuclear agro-industrial complexes1 to address the needs of the world’s growing population. Agriculture was a central component of these studies, as it must be. Much of the emphasis was on desalination of seawater to provide fresh water for irrigation of crops. Remarkable advances have lowered the cost of desalination to make that option viable in countries like Israel. Later studies2 asked the question, are there sufficient minerals (potassium, phosphorous, copper, nickel, etc.) to enable a prosperous global society assuming sufficient nuclear energy? The answer was a qualified “yes,” with the caveat that mineral resources will limit some technological options. These studies were defined by the characteristic of looking across agricultural and industrial sectors to address multiple challenges using nuclear energy.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Dominic Napolitano
Alternate Chair:
Amir A. Bahadori (Kansas State Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Michael Lorne Fensin
Staff Producer:
Julie Bry (ANS)
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Molten Salt Reactor Fission Source Characterization and Initial Shielding Analysis
Kyle Carberry (Georgia Institute of Technology), Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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Overview of the 2020 SCALE 6.2.4 Validation Report for Radiation Shielding Applications
Mathieu N. Dupont (ORNL), Douglas E. Peplow (ORNL), Cihangir Celik (ORNL), Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
3D Model Visual Verification and Mesh-Based Data Analysis in Fulcrum
R. A. Lefebvre (ORNL), S. R. Johnson (ORNL), W. J. Marshall (ORNL), C. Celik (ORNL)
Modeling Additional Dose from Adding Uranium-232 to the Uranium Fuel Cycle
Joshua Rhodes (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville), Brandon Grogan (ORNL), Alan Krichinsky (ORNL), Brad Patton (ORNL), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville)
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