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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 RPD
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Carmel
Session Chair:
Moussa Mahgerefteh (Constellation)
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Organizer:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)
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Quantum Physics Inspired Methods for Two-Batch PWR Loading Pattern Optimization
Joseph Fustero (NCSU), Frank Mueller (NCSU), David Kropaczek (ORNL), Colleen Farrelly (Staticlsym)
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The Neutronic and Economic Advantages of Cuboid Geometry for CANDU and Low-Pressure Reactors
Ibrahim K. Attieh (X-Energy), P. Eng (X-Energy), Roger Webb (SRNL (Retiree)), John Hilborn (Atomic Energy of Canada (Retiree))
Topologically Optimal Nuclear Core Designs Using Deterministic Neutronics
Gavin Ridley (MIT), Lorenzo Venneri (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT)
Analytic Reactivity Error Analysis of Cross Section Interpolation Methods in Nodal Diffusion Codes
Thomas Folk (Univ. Michigan), Siddhartha Srivastava (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)
Understanding Xenon Oscillations Through Physics-Based Reduced Order Modelling
K.T. Pedersen (Chalmers Univ. of Technology), C. Demazière (Chalmers Univ. of Technology), P. Vinai (Chalmers Univ. of Technology)
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