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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|Methods
Wednesday, April 24, 2024|3:30–5:15PM PDT|Franciscan D
Session Chair:
Eugene Shwageraus
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Alternate Chair:
Valeria Raffuzzi
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Particle Tracking in Involute-Based Reactor Geometries in SCONE Monte Carlo Code
3:30–3:50PM PDT
Mikolaj Adam Kowalski (Univ. Cambridge), Congjin Ding (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge)
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Calculating the Change in Power Shape due to Localised Perturbations to Nuclear Data Using a Generalised Sensitivities Method in MONK
3:50–4:10PM PDT
Andrew J. Cox (ANSWERS Software Service), Richard P. Hiles (ANSWERS Software Service), Simon D. Richards (ANSWERS Software Service), Paul N. Smith (ANSWERS Software Service)
Seismic Deformation of Spacer Grids -- Extension of ARCADIA and Validation of Proposed Neutronic Model
4:10–4:30PM PDT
J. Marten (Framatome), M. Schneider (Framatome), G. Sieber (Framatome), H. Keßler (Framatome)
UO2-Mo Composite Fuel Model Development and Simulation Using the ENIGMA Code
4:30–4:50PM PDT
Aiden Peakman (Univ. Manchester), Glyn Rossiter (National Nuclear Laboratory)
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