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June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Monday, June 16, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|State
Session Chair:
William N. Mann
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Ben Holtzman
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First-Principles Cost Analysis of Advanced High-Temperature Nuclear Plants
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Jacob H. Prosser (Strategic Analysis, Inc.), Max B. Graham (Strategic Analysis, Inc.), Timothy Duffy (Strategic Analysis, Inc.)
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NE-COST plug-in: Expanding ACCERT's Capabilities for Life-Cycle Cost Modeling
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Jia Zhou (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Edward A. Hoffman (ANL)
Open Architecture for Cost Savings in Advanced Nuclear Reactors
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Esther N. Ollennu (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Nahuel Guaita (INL), Sunming Qin (INL)
Modeling of Nuclear Power Plant Construction Schedule to Evaluate Construction Risk
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Khaldoon Al-Dawood (INL), Levi M. Larsen (INL)
Uranium Enrichment Plant Economics
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Benjamin S. Jordan (American Centrifuge), David C. O'Keefe (American Centrifuge), Jeffrey R. Cooper (American Centrifuge)
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