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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.
Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2025)
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 12, 2025|3:15–5:00PM EST|Lincoln East
Session Chair:
Madeline Lockhart (UTK)
Alternate Chair:
Maggie Arno
Session Organizer:
Chris E. Robinson
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Status of the Down-Blending of Irradiated IGR Graphite Fuel in Kazakhstan
3:15–3:35PM EST
K. Bateman (INL), I. Bolshinsky (INL), W. Hintz (INL), E. Batyrbekov (National Nuclear Center of the Republic Kazakhstan), Ye. Koyanbayev (National Nuclear Center of the Republic Kazakhstan), Y. Baklanova (National Nuclear Center of the Republic Kazakhstan), A. Korovikov (National Nuclear Center of the Republic Kazakhstan)
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A Methodology Development for Proliferation Resistance Optimization of Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycle
3:35–3:55PM EST
S. S. Chirayath (ORNL), R. M. Chamberlin (LANL), K. K. Hogue (ORNL), J. M. Osborn (Sandia), S. E. Skutnik (ORNL), L. M. Crabtree (Sandia), N. T. Hubley (LANL), L. G. Evans (ORNL), J. P. Joshi (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex), M. M. Arno (ORNL), M. Paul (Sandia), T. E. Hanlon (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex), J. A. Johnson (ORNL)
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X-Ray Imaging and Computed Tomography for Nuclear Waste Classification
3:55–4:15PM EST
Bernadette E. Brezinski (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Gomez W. Wright (ORNL), Paul B. Rose (ORNL), Jason P. Hayward (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Hands-On, Heads-Up: Blending Cyber T&E with Data Science-Driven Training in Jupyter Notebooks
4:15–4:35PM EST
Christopher Spirito (INL), Shannon Eggers (INL), Ethan Bauer (INL)
Presented by Ammon Williams (INL)
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