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Chernobyl at 40 years: Looking back at Nuclear News
Sunday, April 26, at 1:23 a.m. local time will mark 40 years since the most severe nuclear accident in history: the meltdown of Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union.
In the ensuing four decades, countless books, documentaries, articles, and conference sessions have examined Chernobyl’s history and impact from various angles. There is a similar abundance of outlooks in the archives of Nuclear News, where hundreds of scientists, advocates, critics, and politicians have shared their thoughts on Chernobyl over the years. Today, we will take a look at some highlights from the pages of NN to see how the story of Chernobyl evolved over the decades.
Technical Session|Reactor Design and Analysis
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|1:30–3:15PM PDT|Franciscan A
Session Chair:
William Wieselquist
Alternate Chair:
David Chandler (ORNL)
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A Preliminary Neutronic Analysis of the ALFRED Reactor Core
1:30–1:50PM PDT
V. Vitali (newcleo), M. Falabino (newcleo), D. Tomatis (newcleo), M. Carta (newcleo)
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Reactor Physics Modelling Challenges of the FLEX Reactor
1:50–2:10PM PDT
Simon Boddington (MoltexFLEX), Tom Taylor (MoltexFLEX), Peter Haigh (MoltexFLEX), Eduardo Cuoc (MoltexFLEX), Chris Hankinson (MoltexFLEX), Luke Godfrey (MoltexFLEX)
Updates on the OECD NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS)
2:10–2:30PM PDT
Oliver Buss (OECD NEA), Hakim Ferroukhi (Paul Scherrer Institute), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
Initial Demonstration of New Griffin Capability for Simulating the Running-In Phase of Pebble-Bed Reactors with Multiphysics
2:30–2:50PM PDT
Joshua Hanophy (INL), Javier Ortensi (INL), Paolo Balestra (INL), Yaqi Wang (INL)
Calculation and Analysis of Physical Characteristics of Gaseous Fuel Reactor
2:50–3:10PM PDT
Dacai Zhang (Tsinghua Univ.), Wenxiang Fang (Tsinghua Univ.), Zhechuan Tan (Tsinghua Univ.), Minzhi Xiong (Tsinghua Univ.), Yu Ganglin (Tsinghua Univ.)
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