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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
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Banyan B
Session Chair:
Pierre-Clement Simon (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Designing Novel Metallic Fuels Systems Using Multi-Principal Element Alloys
8:00–8:40AM PDT
G.L. Beausoleil II (INL), J. Zelina (INL), T. Yao (INL), N. Woolstenhulme (INL), J. Zillenger (INL), B. Curnutt (INL), L. Hawkins (INL), A. Weiss (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
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Diffusion of Fission Product Lanthanides in HCP Zirconium via Vacancy-Mediated Transport
8:40–9:00AM PDT
Shehab Shousha (NCSU), Benjamin Beeler (NCSU), Larry Aagesen (INL), Boone Beausoleil (INL), Maria Okuniewski (Purdue Univ.)
Hydrided Zircaloy-4 Cladding Failure Criteria During Reactivity-Initiated Accidents
9:00–9:20AM PDT
Katheren R.B. Nantes (Penn State), Miaomiao Jin (Penn State), Arthur T. Motta (Penn State)
Multilayer Approach for Developing Ultra-Thin FCCI Barrier Coating
9:20–9:40AM PDT
Sumit Bhattacharya (ANL), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL)
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