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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|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Grouper
Session Chair:
Zach Sellers (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Assil Halimi (MIT)
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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An Integrated Operation and Simulation Approach for Design and Analysis of Molten Salt-Based Systems
3:15–3:35PM EST
Tristan R. Villarreal (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ethan R. Rozak (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
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Core-Physics Features and Analysis of the Integral Compact Reactor
3:35–3:55PM EST
Assil Halimi (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Comparative Analysis of Heat Exchangers for High-Temperature High-Pressure Helium Component Testing
3:55–4:15PM EST
Zachary Sellers (INL), Silvino Balderrama (INL), David Arcilesi (Univ. Idaho), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Robustness of DRL Control for Long-Term Operating S-CO2 Microreactor
4:15–4:35PM EST
Jeong Yeol Baek (KAIST), Jeong Min Baek (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)
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