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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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UW-Madison: A Midwestern nucleus of fission and fusion
With more than six decades as a top-ranked program in its rearview, the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics (NEEP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is hardly slowing down. In fact, NEEP is continuing to grow and develop its faculty, curriculum, and research.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Jasmine D
Session Chair:
Matthew Wargon (TerraPower)
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UC Berkeley)
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Direct Multi-Group Cross-Sections via NJOY/ETEN for TRISO Fuel Compacts
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Taylor S. Kimball (Univ. Utah), Glenn E. Sjoden (Univ. Utah), Meng-Jen (Vince) Wang (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
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Exploring the Effect of the Number of Groups of Delayed Neutron Precursors in Reactor Dynamics Simulations of Molten Salt Reactors
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Thabit Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
A Note on Using Poisons to Improve MTC in Metal Hydride-Moderated Reactors
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Zuolong Zhu (Ohio State), Dean Wang (Ohio State)
Feasibility of Enhancing Neutron Moderation in Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor by Using Synthetic Diamond
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Reem Alnuaimi (KAIST), Paolo Venneri (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
