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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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A year in orbit: ISS deployment tests radiation detectors for future space missions
The predawn darkness on a cool Florida night was shattered by the ignition of nine Merlin engines on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The thrust of the engines shook the ground miles away. From a distance, the rocket appeared to slowly rise above the horizon. For the cargo onboard, the launch was anything but gentle, as the ignition of liquid oxygen generated more than 1.5 million pounds of force. After the rocket had been out of sight for several minutes, the booster dramatically returned to Earth with several sonic booms in a captivating show of engineering designed to make space travel less expensive and more sustainable.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FED
Friday, December 3, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Columbia 1
Session Chair:
Paul P. Wilson
Alternate Chair:
Lauren M. Garrison
Session Organizer:
Student Assistant:
Gary Garcia Montes
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Optimization of a Simplified ARC Reactor Design Through Coupled Neutronics, Thermal Hydraulics Modeling
3:10–3:30PM EST
Jack Fletcher (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Arpan Sircar (ORNL), Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL)
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Multi-Physics Simulations for Fusion Reactor Blankets
3:30–3:50PM EST
Arpan Sircar (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL), Ethan Peterson (MIT)
Simplified Neutronics Analysis of Solid Breeder Concepts for the FESS-FNSF
3:50–4:10PM EST
Felipe Santos-Novais (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville)
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