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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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A busy week in Utah for nuclear development
Almost every day this week has featured headlines concerning announcements, signings, and progress across Utah’s nuclear sector.
At a glance: TerraPower, Flagship, and the state signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on siting a Natrium reactor; $5 million may come to Camp Williams for General Matter–related site preparation work; and Nusano cut the ribbon on a radioisotope production facility.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Jasmine H
Session Chair:
Christian M. Petrie
Alternate Chair:
Edward J. Cazalas
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Measuring Flow Rates and Compositions in Salt Reactors with Gamma Spectroscopy
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Charles Forsberg (MIT), Dave Carpenter (MIT), Seth Dayawansa (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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A Compact and Robust Semiconductor Neutron Detector Alternative for Subsurface Exploration
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Shikha Prasad (SLB)
Laser-Spectroscopy Testbed Design for Impurity Monitoring in Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors
1:40–2:00PM PDT
M. Ortiz (Univ. Michigan), E. Kent (ANL), J. Craparo (Energy Research Co.), R. De Saro (Energy Research Co.), I. Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan), M. Burger (Univ. Michigan)
Drift for Optical Fiber-Based Gamma Thermometer
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Thomas E. Blue (Ohio State), Anthony Birri (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
Cherenkov-Based Neutron Detector Design and Development for Advanced Reactors
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Jacob Strong (Univ. Utah), Jesse Snow (Univ. Utah), Edward Cazalas (Univ. Utah)
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