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May 31–June 3, 2026
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United States, Armenia reach agreement on nuclear cooperation
Vice President J.D. Vance and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the signing of the 123 Agreement. (Photo: Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia)
During his visit to Armenia on February 9, Vice President J.D. Vance signed an agreement with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for cooperation in the civil nuclear energy sector. The “Agreement on Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America in the Field of Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy” will reportedly open the door to $5 billion in initial U.S. nuclear-related exports to Armenia, in addition to $4 billion worth of longer-term fuel and maintenance contracts.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Tuesday, June 13, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Kentucky
Session Chair:
Scott P. Palmtag
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Organizer:
Massimiliano Fratoni
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Load-Follow Operation in LEU+ Loaded APR1400 Using CSBA and ATF Clad
1:00–1:20PM EDT
Husam Khalefih (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
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Isotopic Lead Neutron Evaluations for Future Fast Spectrum Systems
1:20–1:40PM EDT
Peter Brain (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Dave Brown (Brookhaven), Devin Barry (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Investigation of Dimensional Effects in the Modeling of Fast-Spectrum MSRs
1:40–2:00PM EDT
Nahom Habtemariam (TAMU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano)
Radial and Axial Thermal Neutron Flux Distribution Analysis with Various Parameters for Thorium-Based Molten Salt Reactor Using MCNP6.2
2:00–2:20PM EDT
Seda Yilmaz Kaygisiz (Purdue), Shripad Revankar (Purdue)
Power Distribution Analysis of the Fast Modular Reactor
2:20–2:40PM EDT
Darrin Leer (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems)
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