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Supreme Court rules against Texas in interim storage case
The Supreme Court voted 6–3 against Texas and a group of landowners today in a case involving the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing of a consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, reversing a decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to grant the state and landowners Fasken Land and Minerals (Fasken) standing to challenge the license.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Alternate Chair:
W. Neal Mann
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Paul LaTour (ANS)
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Modeling and Optimization of Integrated Energy-Water Systems Using SMRs
Stephen Hills (Utah State Univ.), Hailei Wang (Utah State Univ.), Seth Dana (Utah State Univ.)
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Hybrid-Nuclear Energy Systems
Michael F. Keller (Hybrid Power Technologies LLC)
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Replacing Gas Turbines with Nuclear Reactors Using Heat Storage
C. W. Forsberg (MIT), P. Sabharwall (INL), A. Sowder (EPRI)
Thermal Energy Storage: Understanding the Freezing Characteristics of Supercooled Water
Daniel Gardner (Utah State Univ.), Shiyu Wang (Univ. of Utah), Hailei Wang (Utah State Univ.)
Enhancement of Ca(OH)2/CaO Thermal Performance and Structural Integrity Using Inert Agent for Thermochemical Energy Storage
Aman Gupta (Univ. of Idaho), Paul D. Armatis (Oregon State Univ.), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Brian M. Fronk (Oregon State Univ.), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. of Idaho)
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