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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Educators learn about Oak Ridge’s nuclear career opportunities
Nearly 300 public school teachers, career counselors, and school administrators from 11 middle and high schools in the Oak Ridge region of Tennessee recently attended a nuclear opportunities workshop. The event was held to provide information about careers available for students in the years ahead related to the cleanup mission of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Marriott 10
Session Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Coupled Neutronics, Thermal Hydraulics, and Fuel Performance Simulations of a Natural Circulation Based SMR
1:00–1:20PM EDT
Ryan T. Sweet (ORNL), Ian T. Greenquist (ORNL), Aaron M. Graham (ORNL), Rick Trotta (Holtec Int'l), Clay Lietwiler (Holtec Int'l), Faisal Odeh (Holtec Int'l)
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Burnup Effects on TRISO Thermomechanical Performance During Transients
1:20–1:40PM EDT
Carlotta G. Ghezzi (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Crystal Plasticity Nanoindentation Modeling of Depleted α-Uranium Using Marmot
1:40–2:00PM EDT
Gavin VandenBroeder (Oregon State), David Frazer (INL), Dewen Yushu (INL), Stephanie Pitts (INL), Tianyi Chen (Oregon State)
Study of Stress Relaxation Behavior Using Nanoindentation Method with Various Deformation Rate
2:00–2:20PM EDT
Tzu-Yi Chang (Oregon State), David Frazer (INL), Tianyi Chen (Oregon State)
Conversion of EBR-II Fuel to HALEU Oxide Pellets
2:20–2:40PM EDT
Leah Squires (INL), Cynthia Adkins (INL), Colt Heathman (INL), Beau Ballard (INL)
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