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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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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
Tuesday, July 22, 2025|10:00AM–12:05PM EDT|Gulf Room
Session Chair:
Justin K. Watson
Alternate Chair:
Geoff Pihl
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Verification of CMS5 for Higher Enrichment and High Burnup PWR Core Design
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik), William C. Dawn (Studsvik), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik)
Paper
Validation of CMS5 against Otto Hahn Critical Experiment Benchmark
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik), Rodolfo M. Ferrer (Studsvik)
Evaluation of GNF's Advanced Core Simulator Performance for Modern BWR Core Designs
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Virinder Sandhu (Global Nuclear Fuel), John Hannah (Global Nuclear Fuel), Belgacem Hizoum (Global Nuclear Fuel), Brandon LaFleur (Global Nuclear Fuel), Yuxuan Liu (GE Hitachi), Leonid Pogosbekyan (Global Nuclear Fuel), Anthony Reese (Global Nuclear Fuel)
Benchmarking CASMO5 against Monte Carlo for PWR Lattices with Higher U-235 Enrichments
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Joshua Hykes (Studsvik), Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik)
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CASMO5 Analysis of Kurchatov Critical Experiments with 7.5-10% Enrichment
11:40AM–12:05PM EDT
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