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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Nuclear Dirigo
On April 22, 1959, Rear Admiral George J. King, superintendent of the Maine Maritime Academy, announced that following the completion of the 1960 training cruise, cadets would begin the study of nuclear engineering. Courses at that time included radiation physics, reactor control and instrumentation, reactor theory and engineering, thermodynamics, shielding, core design, reactor maintenance, and nuclear aspects.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Plant Safety, Regulations, and Licensing
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Palm D
Session Chair:
Mostafa Hamza (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Session Organizers:
Toru Nakatsuka (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Kukhee Lim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
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Multiple Radionuclides Source Term Estimation for Nuclear Accidents Based on Gaussian Puff Model and Ensemble Kalman Inversion
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Siho Jang (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Juryong Park (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Eung Soo Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Paper
Iodine Suppression by Pool Reactor In-Vessel Storage
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Barry Mingst (TerraPower)
Engagement Activities with the United Kingdom Regulators for the Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor
1:40–2:00PM PDT
J. Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), F. Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co.), C.A. Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), A. Levinsky (Westinghouse Electric Co.), J. Preston (Westinghouse Electric Co.), A. Schroeder (Westinghouse Electric Co.), N. Shulyak (Westinghouse Electric Co.), R.F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), S.J. Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), M. Caramello (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Frignani (Ansaldo Nucleare), M. Tarantino (ENEA), G. Grasso (ENEA)
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Decommissioning Options at Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors
2:00–2:20PM PDT
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