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On moving fast and breaking things
Craig Piercycpiercy@ans.org
So much of what is happening in federal nuclear policy these days seems driven by a common approach popularized in the technology sector. Silicon Valley calls it “move fast and break things,” a phrase originally associated with Facebook’s early culture under Mark Zuckerberg. The idea emerged in the early 2000s as software companies discovered that rapid iteration, frequent experimentation, and a willingness to tolerate failure could dramatically accelerate innovation. This philosophy helped drive the growth of the social media, smartphones, cloud computing, and digital platforms that now underpin modern economic and social life.
Today, that mindset is also influencing federal nuclear policy. The Trump administration views accelerated nuclear deployment as part of a broader competition with China for technological and AI leadership. In that context, it seems willing to accept greater operational risk in pursuit of strategic advantage and long-term economic and security objectives.
Technical Session
Thursday, October 7, 2021|8:30–10:10AM EDT
Session Chair:
HyeongKae Park (LANL)
Session Organizer:
Robert Nourgaliev (LLNL)
Student Producer:
Cole Tagasuki (NC State Univ.)
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Implicit Shock Fitting for Multimaterial Shock Dynamics Using a High-Order Space-Time Discontinuous Finite-Element Method
8:30–8:55AM EDT
R. Nourgaliev (LLNL), A. Corrigan (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory), A. Kercher (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory), S. Wopschall (LLNL), P. Greene (LLNL)
Paper
Analysis of Unstable Structures in a Low-Reynolds, Horizontal Channel for Supercritical Fluid Flows
8:55–9:20AM EDT
R. Barney (Univ. of California, Davis), R. Nourgaliev (LLNL), J.P. Delplanque (Univ. of California, Davis), R. McCallen (LLNL)
Computational Fluid Dynamics Mesh Generation of the PSBT Benchmark Subchannels for Use with Nek5000
9:20–9:45AM EDT
David Holler (NC State Univ.), Nilay Atul Kulkarni (NC State Univ.), Maria Avramova (NC State Univ.)
Numerical Modeling of an In-Vessel Flow Limiter Using an Immersed Boundary Approach
9:45–10:10AM EDT
Georis Billo (CEA), Michel Belliard (CEA), Pierre Sagaut (Aix-Marseille Univ.)
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