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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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The spotlight shines on a nuclear influencer
Brazilian model, nuclear advocate, and philanthropist Isabelle Boemeke, who the online TED lecture series describes as “the world’s first nuclear energy influencer,” was the subject of a recent New York Times article that explored her ardent support for and advocacy of nuclear technology.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by ANSTD, OPD
Tuesday, June 9, 2020|4:35–6:20PM EDT
Session Chair:
Kristin N. Smith
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (LANL)
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Staff Producer:
Jessica Vazquez (American Nuclear Society)
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Neutronics Analysis of Cold Critical KRUSTY Experiments using MCNP and Serpent
Pavel Tsvetkov (Texas A&M Univ.), Rene Sanchez (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Kristin Smith (Texas A&M Univ.)
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Preliminary Study of Model Predictive Control for Load Follow Operation of Holos Reactor
Sooyoung Choi (Univ. of Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. of Michigan), Claudio Filippone (HolosGen LLC), Volkan Seker (Univ. of Michigan), Shai Kinast (Univ. of Michigan/Nuclear Research Center Negev)
Linear Stability Analysis of HTR-like Micro-reactors
Volkan Seker (Univ. of Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. of Michigan), Claudio Filippone (HolosGen LLC), Erez Gilad (Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev), Sooyoung Choi (Univ. of Michigan), Shai Kinast (Nuclear Research Center Negev/Univ. of Michigan), Doron Sivan (Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev/Israel Atomic Energy Commission)
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