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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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August 2025
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Startup looks to commercialize inertial fusion energy
Another startup hoping to capitalize on progress the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has made in realizing inertial fusion energy has been launched. On August 27, San Francisco–based Inertia Enterprises, a private fusion power start-up, announced the formation of the company with the goal of commercializing fusion energy.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Chicago Ballroom G
Session Chair:
David Allison
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Examination of the Concepts of Trust and Risk for Cybersecurity at Nuclear Facilities
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Kim Lawson-Jenkins (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Anya Kim (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Daniel Daszkiewicz (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Paper
Methods for Prioritizing Simulation of Unsafe Control Actions for Cybersecurity Analysis
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Andrew S. Hahn (Sandia), Titus Gray (Sandia), Adam Beauchaine (Sandia), Fraser Dougall (Sandia), Lee Maccarone (Sandia), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia)
Development of A Vulnerability Management Tool for Advanced Reactors
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Michael Doran (Georgia Tech), Marc Zebrowitz (Georgia Tech), Fan Zhang (Georgia Tech)
Risk-Informed Consequence-Driven Hybrid Cyber-Physical Protection System Security Optimization for MSRE
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Stephen Yoo (Georgia Tech), Carlo Dal Colletto (TAMU), Luis Bustillo (TAMU), Jarred Jordan (Georgia Tech), Martin Graffigna Palomba (Georgia Tech), Karen Vierow Kirkland (TAMU), Fan Zhang (Georgia Tech), Shaheen Dewji (Georgia Tech)
Progress on the MARVEL Cybersecurity by Design Model-Based Systems Engineering Project
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Shannon Eggers (INL), Kevin O'Rear (INL), Ross Hays (INL), Peter Suyderhoud (INL)
Presented by Joe Oncken (INL)
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