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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NRC cuts fees by 50 percent for advanced reactor applicants
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced it has amended regulations for the licensing, inspection, special projects, and annual fees it will charge applicants and licensees for fiscal year 2025.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Belmont
Session Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi (INL)
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu
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Bayesian Optimization for Reactor Design Optimization
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Kangan Chen (Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Xianjian Xie (School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University), Peter German (INL), Hao Yan (School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University), Andi Wang (1 Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Investigating the Neutronic Potential of Control Rod Materials for Improved Accident Tolerance using SCALE 6.3.1
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Rahnuma Aziz Nisa (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Dylan J. Garofalo (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Seung K. Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Dean Kreuger (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Joon H. Moon (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Sawyer J. Foley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Demonstration and Preliminary Validation of Griffin for MSR Depletion with Chemical Removal Parametric Studies
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Tingzhou Fei (ANL), Shayan Shahbazi (ANL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Eva E. Davidson (ORNL), Samuel Walker (INL), Mauricio E. Tano (INL)
Validation of Reactivity Feedback Calculations for Sodium Fast Reactors Using SEFOR Experimental Data
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Yan Cao (ANL), Ahmed Amin Abdelhameed (ANL), Emily R. Shemon (ANL), Bo Feng (ANL)
Validation of Argonne Reactor Code Suite for Neutronics Benchmarks of China Experimental Fast Reactor
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Hansol Park (ANL), Taek Kyum Kim (ANL), Michael G. Jarrett (TerraPower), Zhaopeng Zhong (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL)
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