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Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Supreme Court declines to hear case involving St. Louis contamination
The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday declined to hear an appeal from General Atomics subsidiary Cotter Corporation and Commonwealth Edison, an Exelon company, in a case over alleged radioactive contamination in the St. Louis, Mo., area, leaving in place an 8th Circuit Court ruling that allows the plaintiffs’ state-law tort claims to proceed under the federal Price-Anderson Act.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ANSTD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|8:00–9:45AM EST|Biscayne 2
Session Chair:
Jeffrey C. King
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Richard H. Howard
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Ensuring Mission Success -- Space Fission Reactor Systems
8:00–8:20AM EST
Brandon Mead (BWXT Advanced Technologies), Neil Herman (BWXT Advanced Technologies), Grant Davis (BWXT Advanced Technologies), Anthony Case (BWXT Advanced Technologies)
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MCNP/NJOY Silicon Damage Function Synthesis and 1 MeV Equivalent Test Fluence Optimization
8:20–8:40AM EST
Joseph Johnson (Univ. Utah), Taylor Kimball (Univ. Utah), Glenn E. Sjoden (Univ. Utah)
Impact of SiO2 Cross Sections on Asteroid Deflection
8:40–9:00AM EST
Martin Schulc (Research Centre Rez), Tomas Czakoj (Research Centre Rez), Alena Krechlerova (Research Centre Rez), Zdenek Matej (Masaryk Univ.), Michal Kostal (Research Centre Rez)
