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September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Nagra publishes license applications for Swiss geologic repository
Nagra, Switzerland’s national cooperative for the disposal of radioactive waste, has published its general license applications for a deep geologic repository and separate spent fuel encapsulation plant, making the documents publicly available on a digital platform.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Portable and Propulsion Reactors
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm C
Session Chair:
Katrina Sweetland (LANL)
Session Organizers:
Rei Kimura (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions)
N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL)
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Kinetic Behavior of Passive Reactivity Control Device IGEM for MoveluX Core
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Rei Kimura (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Daisuke Ito (Kyoto Univ.), Naoya Odaira (Kyoto Univ.), Kei Ito (Kyoto Univ.), Yasushi Saito (Kyoto Univ.), Shohei Kanamura (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions)
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Activation Analysis of Soils and Materials Under Small Transportable Reactors with Severe Shielding Weight Restrictions
3:35–3:55PM PDT
R. Demuth (Univ. South Carolina), A. Horwood (Univ. South Carolina), M. Phipps (Univ. South Carolina), S. Bays (INL), T. Knight (Univ. South Carolina)
SCALE Methodology for Spatially Based Activation of Materials for Transportable Microreactor Applications
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Robert Demuth (Univ. South Carolina), Aaron Horwood (Univ. South Carolina), Matt Phipps (Univ. South Carolina), Samuel Bays (INL), Travis Knight (Univ. South Carolina)
Evaluation of Capital Costs for UO2-Fueled Microreactors
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Bradley Dunkin (Retired, Oregon Iron Works), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Jacopo Buongiorno (MIT)
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