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UWC 2020: A call for transformational change
Bowing to current COVID-19 realities but buoyed by the success of June’s virtual Annual Meeting, ANS event planners returned to the virtual realm for this year’s Utility Working Conference. Originally scheduled for August 9–12 at Marco Island, Fla., the condensed event was held Wednesday, August 11, wherever registrants’ computer devices happened to be located.
In addition to 26 educational sessions and workshops, UWC 2020 featured an opening plenary session titled “Achieving Transformational Change: A leadership discussion,” moderated by Bob Coward, MPR Associates principal officer and ANS past president (2017–2018). Plenary panelists included representatives from three utilities—Arizona Public Service (APS), Exelon, and Xcel Energy—plus the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
N. G. Rice, K. C. Chen, D. E. Hoover, A. M. Garcia, A. Nikroo, N. Dorsano
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 70 | Number 2 | August-September 2016 | Pages 137-140
Technical Paper | dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST15-250
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CH capsules fabricated by glow discharge plasma polymerization have been used as the capsule point design for the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The coating time ranges from 6 to 8 weeks. We have reduced the fabrication time by improving the coating rate. The faster coating rate results in an increased surface roughness in high-spatial-frequency modes >100. We employed the tumble finishing process developed for NIF capsules to improve the high mode roughness. Material properties such as surface finish, density, and relative oxygen uptake rate were examined for the faster-coated plastic. The reduction of glow discharge polymer (GDP) capsule production time without significant deviation from benchmarked capsule properties is discussed.
