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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Deep Space: The new frontier of radiation controls
In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Indiana/Iowa
Session Chair:
Logan Scott (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Organizer:
Jared Johnson (ORNL)
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Oxidation State Favorability Due to Cation Radii in MSR Fuels
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Hannah K. Patenaude (LANL), Jarom L. Chamberlain (LANL), Clare A. Hatfield (LANL), S. S. Parker (LANL), Marisa J. Monreal (LANL)
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Hydrochlorination of UO2 in Molten Salt Mixtures to Form Molten Salt Reactor Fuel
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Vinh T. Nguyen (Savannah River National Laboratory), Bryan Foley (Savannah River National Laboratory), Robert A. Pierce (Savannah River National Laboratory), Donald Baer (Metatomic Inc.), Steven Hung (Metatomic Inc.)
Lessons Learned In How to Conduct Loop and Irradiated Salt Experiments: Workshop II
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Charles W. Forsberg (MIT), David M. Carpenter (MIT), Raluca O. Scarlat (University of California Berkeley), Kevin R. Robb (ORNL), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
Molten Salt Species Solubility Calculations Using Thermochimica's Gibbs Energy Minimizer (GEM)
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Kyoung Lee (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL), Greg Westphal (ORNL), Robert K. Salko (ORNL), Wesley C. Williams (ORNL), Anthony Birri (ORNL), Nicholas Termini (ORNL)
Introducing Efforts Towards the Development of Molten Salt Reactor Chemistry Digital Twin
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Braden K. Clayton (Brigham Young Univ.), Loc B. Duong (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Cole A. Gentry (ORNL), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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