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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.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Manhattan
Session Chair:
Trevor Kent Howard
Alternate Chair:
Robert K. Salko
Session Organizer:
W. David Pointer
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Uncertainty Quantification in High-Low Dynamic System Coupling Using RAVEN and TRANSFORM
W.C. Williams (ORNL), V. Kumar (ORNL), W. Gurecky (ORNL), D. de Wet (ORNL)
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Validation of the Coupled CUPID/MERCURY Code using Thermo-Mechanics and Thermal-Hydraulics Coupled Test Data from ICARUS
Hyun-Sik Park (KAERI), Jong-Rok Kim (KAERI), Seung-Jun Lee (KAERI), Hyo-Chan Kim (KAERI), Sang-Ki Moon (KAERI), Han-Young Yoon (KAERI)
Coupled Simulation of Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) Subjected to Pressurized Thermal Shock (PTS) Using Cardinal
Yiqi Yu (ANL), April Novak (ANL), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
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