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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Joint NEA project performs high-burnup test
An article in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s July news bulletin noted that a first test has been completed for the High Burnup Experiments in Reactivity Initiated Accident (HERA) project. The project aim is to understand the performance of light water reactor fuel at high burnup under reactivity-initiated accidents (RIA).
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Banyan B
Session Chair:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (University of Florida)
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Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Fuels and Materials Irradiation Testing Needs, Recent Progress, and Future Opportunities
3:15–3:55PM PDT
Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Richard H. Howard (ORNL), David Carpenter (MIT), Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL)
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Perspectives to Promote the Regulatory Acceptance of Combined Neutron, Ion, and Modeled Irradiation Data for Material Degradation in Nuclear Reactors
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Stephen Taller (ORNL), Andrea Jokisaari (INL), Yiren Chen (ANL), Wei-Ying Chen (ANL), Rongjie Song (INL)
Parallel Irradiation Testing to Support Accelerated Down-Selection of Advanced Fuels
4:15–4:35PM PDT
G.L. Beausoleil II (INL), Nic Woolstenhulme (INL), L. Capriotti (INL), S. Patnaik (INL), A. Nelson (ORNL), C. Petrie (ORNL), P. Doyle (ORNL), Jason Harp (ORNL)
High Impact Fuel Irradiation Testing Strategies Through International Frameworks
4:35–4:55PM PDT
G.L. Beausoleil II (INL), D. Wachs (INL), C. Jensen (INL), D. Kamerman (INL), S. Holcombe (Lightbridge Corp.), M. Bales (Nuclear Energy Agency)
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