Workshop for Applied Nuclear Data Activities (WANDA 2023)
Arlington Ballroom 1 & 2
Crowne Plaza Crystal City
Welcome to WANDA 2023,
We would like to ask that you save the date for the WANDA 2023 meeting February 27 – March 2, 2023. Invitations are in the works and well arrive shortly. This meeting will be held in-person ONLY.
WANDA is an annual meeting that addresses the value, needs, and impact of nuclear data on applied sciences. Please see below for this year’s session topics, session description and session co-chairs:
Fission Yields, where we were, are, and headed/Theory, Evaluation, Experiments, Validation
Chairs: Jason Harke (LLNL), Sebastian Schunert (INL)
Session Summary: Significant investment into improved measurements and theory combined with both national and international collaboration currently leading to the first US re-evaluation of fission product yields on the 30th anniversary of England & Rider’s release of ENDF-349. The enhancements in the fidelity and quality of fission product yield measurements and theory as a function of incident neutron energy was a dormant art before this investment. This session will review the historical needs that drove this investment to re-assess fission product yield data, their applications, and user data needs to identify what next steps in this focal area should be. Emphasis will be placed on the value of this data on reactor decay heat calculations, reactor fuel inventory estimates, and national security needs. This session will focus on:
- What steps have been accomplished thus far addressing these needs?
- What applied needs remain unmet?
- What future steps are needed to close the gap on past, current, and future needs for improved fission product data?
Isotope Programs Session
Chairs: Etienne Vermeulen (LANL), Andrew Voyles (UC Berkeley)
Session Summary: The isotope production landscape has changed significantly over the last four years, both because of the war in Ukraine as well as additions from new commercial suppliers in the medium energy proton range and with electron accelerators. This session aims to check in with the 2018 speakers for a status update and an assessment of the changes in needs across the isotope production field. This session will focus on:
- Status of isotope production data at the labs & universities
- What has been achieved since 2018
- Where do we go heading forward for Isotope production in a changed landscape?
- What are the needs to improve robustness of measurements?
Gamma-Ray Strength Functions and Level Densities
Chairs: Stephanie Lyons (PNNL), Gencho Rusev (LANL)
Session Summary: The session will contain focused discussions on specific research applications of gamma-ray strength functions and levels densities, for example, Hauser-Feshbach calculations (Monte Carlo or deterministic) and neutron-capture cross sections calculations, astrophysical network calculations, radiation transport simulations, calculations of the gamma-ray heat in reactors, and the reactor antineutrino problem. This session will focus on:
- Current nuclear data gaps in astrophysics
- Conduct a roadmapping discussion identifying actionable work to address current gaps
(The Future of) Nuclear Data Processing & Preservation
Chairs: Libby Ricard-McCutchan (BNL), Nathan Gibson (LANL)
Session Summary: This bi-modal session will start with a discussion about expanding data availability and the rapidly evolving computational landscape. New computing architectures and simulation approaches require changes in nuclear processing and formatting to support new methods. Discussions about data preservation will follow in the afternoon. Sophisticated datasets are seldom mined for all their richness and often analyzed with a focused goal and then shelved. This is inefficient, both intellectually and financially. A newly issued OSTP memorandum will require data underlying federally funded research to be made “freely available and publicly accessible by default at the time of publication.” This session will focus on:
- What does the future of nuclear data processing look like?
- How do we address data curation, preservation, and sharing?
- What improvements are necessary to completely preserve modern datasets?
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Plenary: Introduction & Program Manager ReviewConveners: Dr Amy Lovell (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Dr Bruce Pierson (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
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WANDA Introduction & Agenda 5mSpeakers: Dr Amy Lovell (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Dr Bruce Pierson (PNNL, Battelle)
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WANDA Welcome/NSAC 25mSpeaker: Dr Tim Hallman (Department of Energy Nuclear Physics)
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NDIAWG 15mSpeaker: Mr Keith Jankowski (Department of Energy Nuclear Physics)
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NDWG Newsletter 5mSpeaker: Dr Stephanie Lyons (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
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DOE IP 15mSpeaker: Dr Arne Freynberger (Department of Energy Isotopes Program)
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Nuclear Data DNN NNSA 25mSpeaker: Lt. Col. David Matters (National Nuclear Security Administration)
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CWMD 15mSpeaker: Dr Cameron Miller
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UQ Workshop brief 10mSpeaker: Dr Jo Ressler (LLNL)
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Nuclear Data Pipeline 15mSpeaker: Dr David Brown (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
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Monday Lunch
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Session I: Gamma Strength Functions & Level DensitiesConveners: Dr Gencho Rusev (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Dr Stephanie Lyons (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
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The case for an evaluated database of statistical nuclear quantities 30mSpeaker: Dr Lee Bernstein (LBL)
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Nuclear level densities and gamma-strength functions in astrophysics 12mSpeaker: Dr Matthew Mumpower (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Overview of theoretical efforts on microscopic nuclear level densities 12mSpeaker: Dr Sofia Karampagia (Grand Valley State University)
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Using neutron resonance parameters from advanced experiments and analysis to improve NLDs and gSFs 12mSpeaker: Dr Paul Koehler (LANL)
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Discussion 42m
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NLD and gSF in rare isotopes with the beta-Oslo method 12mSpeaker: Dr Sean Liddick (FRIB/MSU)
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Data needs for inline cascades 12mSpeakers: Dr Amanda Lewis (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Dr Amanda Lewis (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
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Data on level densities from evaporation sepectra experiments 12mSpeaker: Dr Alexander Voinov (Ohio University)
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Experimental Constraints for Statistical Quantities for Nuclear Astrophysics 12mSpeaker: Dr Andrea Richard (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)
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Building a predictive theory of photoabsorption/deexcitation: Needs and Opportunities 12mSpeaker: Dr Nicolas Schunck (LLNL)
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Discussion 40m
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Session II: Fission Product Yields, where we are, where we're headedConveners: Dr Jason Harke (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Dr Sebastian Schunert (Idaho National Laboratory)
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Welcome/Introduction 15mSpeakers: Dr Jason Harke (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Dr Sebastian Schunert (Idaho National Laboratory)
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Overview of LWR and Advanced Reactor Fuel Forms 30mSpeaker: Dr Sebastian Schunert (Idaho National Laboratory)
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Importance and Needs for Fission Product Yields in Neutronics and Regulatory Analysis for Nuclear Reactors 15mSpeaker: Dr Jesse Brown (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Importance and Needs for Fission Product Yields in Molten Salt Reactor Chemistry and Corrosion Modeling 15mSpeaker: Dr Mauricio Tano (Idaho National Laboratory)
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Importance and Needs for Fission Product Yields in Nuclear Reactor Severe Accident and Mechanistic Source Term Modeling 15mSpeaker: Dr David Luxat (Sandia National Laboratory)
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Importance and Needs for FPY for fluid properties in MSRs (Virtual) 15mSpeaker: Dr Theodore Besmann (Univ. South Carolina)
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How can integral benchmarks benefit fission product data via data calibration 15mSpeaker: Dr Daniel Siefman (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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Covariance requirements in SCALE and effects for NRC 15mSpeaker: Dr Will Wieselquist (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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IAEA activities on Fission Yield and expected outcomes (Virtual) 25mSpeaker: Dr Roberto Capote (IAEA)
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Discussion 1h
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Session III: Fission Product Yields, where we are, where we're headed¶Conveners: Dr Jason Harke (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Dr Sebastian Schunert (Idaho National Laboratory)
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FPY needs and requirements for librairies 15mSpeaker: Dr Alejandro Sonzogni (National Nuclear Data Center (BNL))
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LANL FPY theory and evaluation 15mSpeaker: Dr Amy Lovell (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Microscopic fission models: State of the art and future opportunities 15mSpeaker: Dr Nichlas Schunck (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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FREYA and Fission Yields 15mSpeaker: Dr Ramona Vogt (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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FPY measurements at TUNL 15mSpeaker: Dr Matthew Gooden (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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TUNL - photo fission 15mSpeaker: Dr Calvin Howell (Duke University)
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FPY Beta-gamma branching ratios 15mSpeaker: Dr Kay Kolos (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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Uranium gamma data needs for microcalorimetry at the IAEA NML 15mSpeaker: Geonbo Kim (LLNL)
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SLFPY measurements at NCERC 15mSpeaker: Dr Jeremias Garcia Duarte (LLNL)
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Applications of Fission Product Yields & Other Nuclear Data at TerraPower (Virtual) 15mSpeaker: Tommy Cisneros (TerraPower)
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Nuclear data needs for Plutonium accounting using microcalorimeters 15mSpeaker: Dr Dan Becker (University of Colorado)
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Discussion 1h
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Session IV: Department of Energy Isotope ProgramsConveners: Dr Andrew Voyles, Dr Etienne Vermeulen (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Session Introduction 10mSpeakers: Dr Andrew Voyles (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory), Dr Etienne Vermeulen (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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The TREND Effort & Data Needs for BNL 20mSpeaker: Dr Dimitri Medvedev (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
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An ATLAS/GammaSphere Campaign to Measure Fusion-Evaporation Residue Distributions and Excitation Functions 15mSpeaker: Dr Amy Renne (Argonne National Laboratory)
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An instrument for experimentally measuring Auger-Meitner emitters’ electron multiplicities and energy spectra 15mSpeaker: Dr Patrick Stollenwerk (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Data Needs & Capabilities at the LANL Isotope Production Facility 20mSpeaker: Dr Jonathan Morrell (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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LANL Measurement Capabilities Using HotLENZ 20mSpeaker: Dr Hye Young Lee (LANL)
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory Experimental Nuclear Data Capabilities and Needs for Isotope Production 20mSpeaker: Dr Justin Griswold (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Experimental Capabilities at the LBNL 88-Inch Cyclotron 20mSpeaker: Dr Lee Bernstein (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory/UC Berkeley)
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Data Needs & Capabilities for Auger Electron Emitters (Virtual) 20mSpeaker: Dr Roger Howell (Rutgers)
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Data Needs & Capabilities for UAB: Proton induced reactions for medical isotope production 20mSpeaker: Dr Suzanne Lapi (UAB)
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Cross Section Measurements for 149Tb Production 20mSpeaker: Dr Alan McIntosh (Texas A&M University)
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Open Floor Discussion 40m
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Wednesday Lunch
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Session V: Nuclear Processing & PreservationConveners: Dr Libby Mccutchan (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Dr Nathan Gibson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Overview of Nuclear Data Processing 15mSpeaker: Dr Nathan Gibson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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NJOY 5mSpeaker: Dr Wim Haeck (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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FUDGE 5mSpeaker: Dr Caleb Mattoon (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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AMPX 5mSpeaker: Dr Jesse Brown (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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NDEX 5mSpeaker: Dr Jason Thompson (US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program)
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Advanced Computing Architectures 15mSpeaker: Dr Paul Romano (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Depletion Data 15mSpeaker: Dr Jordan McDonnell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Energy Deposition 15mSpeaker: Dr Jason Thompson (US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program)
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Covariances and Uncertainty Propagation 15mSpeaker: Dr Kyle Wendt (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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Discussion 20mSpeaker: Dr Nathan Gibson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Making data FAIR through persistent identifiers (PIDs) and the DOE Data ID Service 20mSpeaker: Dr Drew Huitt (OSTI)
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Public Access Policy and Data Management Plans 20mSpeaker: Dr Michael Cooke (DOE)
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openNP (Virtual) 20mSpeaker: Dr Adrien Matta (Ganil)
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Discussion 40mSpeaker: Dr Libby McCutchan (BNL)
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Reception
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Session VI: Current Projects Review
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Independent Fission Product Yields from 0.5 to 20 MeV 17mSpeaker: Dr Jack Winkelbauer (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Measurements of Independent Fission Product Yields 17mSpeaker: Dr Kristina Montoya
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Energy dependent fission product yields 17mSpeaker: Dr Matthew Gooden (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Fission product yield and gamma production evaluation 17mSpeaker: Dr Toshihiko Kawano (LANL)
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Integral Fission Product Yields 17mSpeaker: Dr Todd Bredeweg (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Beta-strength function, reactor decay heat, and anti-neutrino properties from total absorption spectroscopy of fission fragments 17mSpeaker: Dr Krzysztof RYKACZEWSKI (ORNL)
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Improving the double-differential 238U(n,n’g) cross section using neutron-gamma coincidences 17mSpeaker: Dr Lee Bernstein
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Neutron Scattering Cross Sections: (n,n'), (n,n'g), and (n,g) Measurements 17mSpeaker: Prof. Jeff Vanhoy (US Naval Academy)
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Modernization and Optimization of the Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File 17mSpeaker: Dr Libby McCutchan (BNL/NNDC)
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White-source neutron-gamma coincidence measurements of gamma production cross sections at LANSCE 7mSpeaker: Dr Matthew Devlin (LANL)
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ß-energy spectral shapes in fission products affecting reactor decay heat and anti-neutrino flux 7mSpeaker: Dr Bertis Rasco (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Two and Three-body Photodisintegration of the Triton at Energies Below 30 MeV 7mSpeaker: Dr Calvin Howell (Duke University and TUNL)
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Designing Nuclear-data Measurements that Resolve Discrepancies in Existing Data 7mSpeaker: Dr David Brown (BNL/NNDC)
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Modern Structure-based Nuclear Data Evaluations for Basic Science, Nuclear Safety & Security 7mSpeaker: Dr Amy Lovell (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Solving the 56Mn puzzle 7mSpeaker: Dr Marian Jandel (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
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Thursday Lunch
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Final Session: Session Review & Closing
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Session One Summary: Gamma Strength Functions & Level Densities 20m
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Sessions Two & Three Summaries: Fission Product Yields, where we are, where we're heading 40m
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Session Four Summary: Department of Energy Isotope Program 20m
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Session Five Summary: Nuclear Data Processing & Preservation 20m
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Closing Remarks & Open Discussion 30m
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