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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 NNPD
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Avila A
Session Chair:
R. A. Borrelli
Alternate Chair:
Cornelius Milmoe
Session Organizer:
Stefani Buster
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Preliminary Results of MIT Reactor HEU-LEU Mixed Core Fuel Conversion Analysis Using RELAP5 Code
Yinjie Zhao (MIT), Lin-Wen Hu (MIT), Erik Wilson (ANL), Yu-Jou Wang (MIT)
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Impact of LEU U-10Mo Fuel Impurities on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor's Neutronics Performance
Valerio Mascolino (ANL), Laura M. Jamison (ANL), Wilson M. Cowherd (ANL), Kyle E. Anderson (ANL), John A. Stillman (ANL), Lin-wen Hu (MIT), Erik H. Wilson (ANL)
Fuzzy Logic Method for Trend Identification in Radiation Measurements Taken with a Mobile Detector with Application to Nuclear Security
Michael Squire (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)
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