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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
Technical Session|Lightning Talk
Saturday, April 18, 2026|1:15–2:15PM CDT|RUDR 401
Session Chair:
William F. Sanders (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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Monomer and Crosslinker Effects on Photopolymerized Organic Plastic Scintillators
1:15–1:25PM CDT
Margo Cicero (U.S. Naval Academy), Joseph Latta (U.S. Naval Academy), Peter Joyce (U.S. Naval Academy), Megan Beromi (U.S. Naval Academy)
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Mechanical Improvements to the Florida-Livermore Attenuation and Scattering Experiment (FLASE)
1:25–1:35PM CDT
Neena K. Schramm (Univ. Florida), Emily Gunger (Univ. Florida), Andreas Enqvist (Univ. Florida), Steven Dazeley (LLNL)
Studying Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in a Helical Cruciform 7-Rod Bundle for Molten Salt Reactor Applications
1:35–1:45PM CDT
Jacob Cox (Kansas State), Felix Sandoval Garcia (Kansas State), Hossam H. Abdellatif (Kansas State), Anna Iskhakova (Kansas State), Arsen Iskhakov (Kansas State)
Reconstruction Performance of Muon Scattering Tomography in Spherical Detector Geometries
1:45–1:55PM CDT
Christopher R. Beck (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Tayfun Akyurek (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
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