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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NextGen MURR Working Group established in Missouri
The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has created the NextGen MURR Working Group to serve as a strategic advisory body for the development of the NextGen MURR (University of Missouri Research Reactor).
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Jasmine B
Session Chair:
Amanda S. Leong
Alternate Chair:
Praveen Kumar Thallapally
Session Organizer:
Steven P. Nesbit
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Research Process on Tritium Behavior in HTGR
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Zhou Ziling (Tsinghua Univ.), Feng Xie (Tsinghua Univ.)
Paper
Uncertainty Quantification for Pebble Bed Reactor Fuels Burnup Credit
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Jonathan Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Gordon M. Petersen (INL), Robert A. Joseph (INL)
Sustainability of Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems Using INPRO Methodology
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Carolynn Scherer (IAEA), Nilormi Das (IAEA), Sera Jeon (IAEA), Gaye Sayin (IAEA)
A New Uranium-Plutonium Breed and Burn Fuel Cycle
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Neal Mann (Neal Mann and Assoc.), Mihai G.M. Pop (Areva College of Experts (Retired))
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Development of Cs Pollucite Ceramic Waste Form and Evaluation of Long-Term Chemical Durability
2:20–2:30PM PDT
Ga-Yeong Kim (Chungnam National Univ.), Ki-Rak Lee (KAERI), Jung-Hoon Choi (KAERI), Jae Hwan Yang (Chungnam National Univ.), Hwan-Seo Park (KAERI)
Influences of Iodine Separation and Capture in the Context of NO2-Based Voloxidation
2:30–2:40PM PDT
Katherine R. Johnson (ORNL), Allison T. Greaney (ORNL), Kathryn M. Peruski (ORNL), Chase Cobble (ORNL), Matthew Vick (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL)
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