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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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General Atomics marks completion of ITER’s superconducting fusion magnet
General Atomics last week celebrated the completion of the central solenoid modules for the ITER reactor being built in southern France. Designed to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power, the ITER tokamak will be the world’s largest experimental fusion facility.
Technical Session|Methods Development
Wednesday, July 23, 2025|10:00AM–12:05PM EDT|Gulf Room
Session Chair:
Rodolfo M. Ferrer (Studsvik)
Alternate Chair:
David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear)
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Simulating Challenging BWR Operation Conditions with CMS5
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Petri Forslund Guimarães (Studsvik), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik), Christian Jönsson (Studsvik), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik), Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik)
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BWR Control Blade Depletion Modeling with SIMULATE5
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik)
Acceleration of 3D Nodal Diffusion Code RAST-K for Transient Analysis using Memory Access Pattern Optimization and Parallelization
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Hyungwoo Sohn (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Jinsu Park (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
APEX: An Efficient and Fast-Running Simulator for Multicycle Core Analysis
11:15–11:40AM EDT
David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Aaron Graham (Veracity Nuclear)
CIPS Index Predictions for Fixed Incore Detection Systems
11:40AM–12:00PM EDT
Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Cole Gentry (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Dave J. Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear)
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