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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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DOE issues new NEPA rule and procedures—and accelerates DOME reactor testing
Meeting a deadline set in President Trump’s May 23 executive order “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy,” the DOE on June 30 updated information on its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rulemaking and implementation procedures and published on its website an interim final rule that rescinds existing regulations alongside new implementing procedures.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|Tennessee
Session Chair:
Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
Alternate Chair:
William N. Mann (ANL)
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Nuclear-Assisted Integrated Pulp, Paper and Biofuels Plants
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Charles Forsberg (MIT), Jeremy Shook (EPRI)
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Review of District Energy Technology for Nuclear Power Applications
10:20–10:40AM EDT
Ryan Dailey (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Used Nuclear Fuel District Energy System Feasibility Study
10:40–11:00AM EDT
Ryan Dailey (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Cate Beckman (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Daniel Moneghan (EPRI), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
A Concept for Integration of Direct Air Capture System in the Thermal Balance of a Nuclear Power Station
11:00–11:20AM EDT
Emilian Popov (ORNL), Vineet Kumar (ORNL), Arpan Sircar (ORNL)
Techno-Economic Analysis of an Integrated Direct Air Capture System with an Existing Nuclear Power Plant
11:20–11:40AM EDT
Arpan Sircar (ORNL), Vineet Kumar (ORNL), Emilian Popov (ORNL)
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