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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Task force charts growing interest in civilian maritime nuclear applications
Readers of Nuclear News will have heard of historical applications of civilian maritime nuclear power, like the merchant ship NS Savannah and the USS Sturgis floating power plant. With a few exceptions there has been little action in this area for over 50 years, and there are plenty of reasons and opinions as to why, but over the last few years the dramatic increase in interest from the maritime industry and its stakeholders has been undeniable.
Technical Session
Monday, May 16, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM EDT|Brighton I/II
Session Chair:
Patrick Blaise
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Eugene Shwageraus
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Comparative Critical Mass Calculations for NNL and ENDF/B-VIII.0 Zirconium Hydride Thermal Neutron Scattering Laws
J.L. Wormald (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), J.C. Holmes (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), M.L. Zerkle (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
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Consideration of Alternative Coolants in AGR-Like FHR Designs
Marat Margulis (Bangor Univ.), Paul Cosgrove (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge)
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