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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Nuclear Dirigo
On April 22, 1959, Rear Admiral George J. King, superintendent of the Maine Maritime Academy, announced that following the completion of the 1960 training cruise, cadets would begin the study of nuclear engineering. Courses at that time included radiation physics, reactor control and instrumentation, reactor theory and engineering, thermodynamics, shielding, core design, reactor maintenance, and nuclear aspects.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Monday, June 13, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Capistrano A
Session Chairs:
Aaron S. Epiney (INL)
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL)
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Assessment of Fire Experimental Data for Use in Nuclear Power Plants Fire PRA
Elvan Sahin (Virginia Tech), Urvin Salvi (Virginia Tech), Jun Wang (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Brian Y. Lattimer (Virginia Tech), Juliana P. Duarte (Virginia Tech)
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Attachment — Elvan Sahin-Bio
U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Loss of Offsite Power Analysis 2020 Update
Zhegang Ma (INL), Nancy Johnson (INL)
Attachment — Bio
Initiating Events Analysis to Support Preliminary Steps Toward a Full Scope Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment Framework for the PULSTAR Research Reactor
Malek Abedrabouh (NCSU), Noah Davis (NCSU), Veronica Heyl (NCSU), Jaylen Jones (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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