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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
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|1:00–2:50PM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Jun Ren (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Minami Yoda (Michigan State University)
Session Organizer:
Paul P. Wilson
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Design Approach and Technology R&D for the EU-DEMO Divertor
1:00–1:25PM CDT
J.H. You (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), N. Mantel (UKAEA), D. Marzullo (Univ. Trieste), G. Mazzone (ENEA), S. Roccella (ENEA), P. Rossi (ENEA), L. Volpe (UKAEA)
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Design and Integration of a Decoupled Capillary Porous System Based First Wall for HELIAS
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Jose A. Noguerón (CIEMAT), Iván Fernández-Berceruelo (CIEMAT), David Rapisarda (CIEMAT), Iole Palermo (CIEMAT)
Thermal-Fluid and Thermal-Structural Response of the T-Tube Modular Divertor to Spatiotemporally Varying Heat Loads
1:50–2:10PM CDT
M.L. Lanahan (Georgia Tech), S.I. Abdel-Khalik (Georgia Tech), M. Yoda (Michigan State Univ.)
Design and Implementation of Surface Eroding Thermocouples for Stage One Modular Divertor Integration
2:10–2:30PM CDT
J. Ren (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), T. Elsey (General Atomics), C. Murphy (General Atomics), B.Z. Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), D. Pierce (General Atomics), M. Shafer (ORNL), R. Wilcox (ORNL), S. Hong (General Atomics), D. Donovan (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Design and Analysis of an Integrated Additively Manufactured Test Article for Plasma Facing Component
2:30–2:50PM CDT
Ajit Bhat (ORNL), Michael DeVinney (ORNL), Travis K. Gray (ORNL), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL)
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