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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Digital control system installed at China’s Linglong One
Earlier this month, the first digital control system was put in place at Linglong One, a small modular reactor demonstration project being built at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in Hainan Province. This is the world’s first land-based commercial SMR and is controlled by China National Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|2:30–4:15PM EST
Session Chair:
Cole Mueller (Texas A&M Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Organizer:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Staff Producer:
Pat Schroeder (American Nuclear Society)
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Examination of Spectral Indices For Monitoring Spectral Shifts in TREAT
Akram S. Btikh (North Carolina State University), Nina C. Sorrell (North Carolina State University), Ayman I. Hawari (North Carolina State University)
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Neutron Damage Assessment Supporting TREAT Facility Fuel SiC Recladding
John D. Bess (Idaho National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (Idaho National Laboratory), James R. Parry (Idaho National Laboratory)
Subcritical Multiplication with a Fixed Source
Daniel H. Timmons (University of New Mexico), Michael E. Rising (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Christopher M. Perfetti (University of New Mexico)
Effects of Structural Materials on Neutron Economy and Moderation
Kraig S. Farrar (Brigham Young University), Nicholas Rollins (Brigham Young University), Matthew J. Memmott (Brigham Young University)
Study of reflection properties of silica sand
Tomas Peltan (University of West Bohemia), Michal Košťál (Research Centre Rez)
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