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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Nano Nuclear wins Air Force contract for Kronos MMR
New York City–based advanced nuclear technology developer Nano Nuclear Energy has been awarded a Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract for its Kronos micro modular reactor (MMR) by AFWERX, the innovation and venture arm of the U.S. Air Force. The contract calls for AFWERX, with the 11th Civil Engineering Squadron, to explore the feasibility of deploying the Kronos MMR Energy System at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) in Washington, D.C.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Nuclear Power Plants
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm C
Session Chair:
Jacopo Buongiorno (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Alternate Chair:
Angel Vasquez (MIT)
Session Organizers:
Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Kazuaki Kito (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy)
Kyoung-Ho Kang (KAERI)
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Understanding the Effects of Gamma Radiation on the Chemical and Physical Characteristics of a Potential Candidate for Organic Cooled Reactors
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Angel Vasquez (MIT), Arunkumar Seshadri (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Jacopo Buongiorno (MIT)
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ESFR-SIMPLE Project: Towards a ESFR-SMR Design
3:35–3:55PM PDT
P. Sciora (CEA), A. Pantano (CEA), E. Fridman (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), A. Ponomarev (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), P. Servell (EDF), D. Gérardin (EDF), E. Girardi (EDF), B. Farges (FRAMATOME), K. Mikityuk (Paul Scherrer Institute), A. Rineiski (KIT), J. Guidez (Nuclei Cogitum)
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Generic Sodium-Potassium-Cooled Thermal Microreactor Reference Design with Sizing-Burnup Tradeoff Study
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Samuel Garcia (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Samuel E. Bays (INL), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Develop by Embodiments: Managing Uncertainty in Reactor Conceptualization -- The MIGHTR from Boston Atomics
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Enrique Velez-Lopez (Boston Atomics), W. Robb Stewart (Boston Atomics)
Plant and Safety Features of Toshiba Innovative ABWR Plant iBR
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Yukitaka Yamazaki (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Keiji Matsumoto (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Takashi Sato (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Masayuki Niimi (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions)
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