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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|Advanced Reactors
Tuesday, July 22, 2025|10:00AM–12:05PM EDT|Palm Room
Session Chair:
Donny Hartanto
Alternate Chair:
Joe Fuel
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Fine Group Structure Optimization for Pebble Bed Reactor Simulations
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Andrew P. Panter (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Hansol Park (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Paper
Sensitivity Study of 𝐾eff to Neutron Cross-Section Perturbations in a Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Using MOX and Metal Fuels
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Oyeon Kum (KIRAMS)
A Breed-and-Burn Strategy Proposal for Mizton, a Heat Pipe-Cooled Microreactor
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Emiliano Morones-García (UNAM), Juan-Luis François (UNAM)
SCALE Modeling and Inventory Generation for a Generic TRISO-Fueled Heat Pipe Micro Reactor
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL), Tarek Ghaddar (ORNL), Rabab Elzohery (ORNL), William Wieselquist (ORNL)
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