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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.
Technical Session|Detection and Analysis
Wednesday, September 11, 2024|3:00–3:50PM EDT|Colonial Ballroom
Session Chair:
Marisa J. Monreal
Alternate Chair:
Kiel S. Holliday
Session Organizer:
Jason R. Jeffries
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Identifying Chemical Signatures of Plutonium Oxide Particles for Nuclear Forensics Using Synchrotron X-Rays
3:00–3:30PM EDT
Alexander Baker (LLNL), Rachel Lim (LLNL), Alexander Ditter (Berkeley Lab), Scott Donald (LLNL), David Shuh (Berkeley Lab), Brandon Chung (LLNL)
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Spectroscopic Interrogation of NpO2 and PuO2 Synthesized from Discrete Molecular Precursors
3:30–3:50PM EDT
S. Olivia Gunther (Berkeley Lab), Trevor Arino (Berkeley Lab), Appie Peterson (Berkeley Lab), Joshua J. Woods (Berkeley Lab), Jefferey R. McLachaln (Berkeley Lab), Luis Aguirre Quintana (Berkeley Lab), Jennifer N. Wacker (Berkeley Lab), David K. Shuh (Berkeley Lab), Rebecca Abergel (Berkeley Lab)
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