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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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MIT Maritime Consortium wins ABS approval
Maritime classification and certification organization the American Bureau of Shipping has granted its approval in principle (AIP) for the integration of a nuclear reactor into a cargo vessel propulsion system, as developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Maritime Consortium. This is the first AIP to be granted to a technology developed through the consortium, which includes founding members MIT, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering, and Capital Maritime Group.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuels and Actinide Materials
Monday, December 11, 2023|1:00–2:40PM CST|Galerie 3
Session Chair:
Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida)
Track Organizers:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Jian Gan (INL)
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Multiscale Modeling for the High-Burnup Structure in UO2
1:00–1:40PM CST
S. Biswas (INL), L.K. Aagesen (INL), W. Jiang (INL), M.W.D. Cooper (LANL)
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UO2 MiniFuel Irradiation for High-Burnup Fuel Applications
1:40–2:00PM CST
J.P. Gorton (ORNL), K.M. Godsey (ORNL), A.C. Telles (ORNL), A.G. Le Coq (ORNL), K.D. Linton (ORNL), C.M. Petrie (ORNL), N.A. Capps (ORNL)
UO2 High-Burnup Behavior and Transient Fission Gas Release Modeling
2:00–2:20PM CST
P.-C.A. Simon (INL), L.K. Aagesen (INL), D. Andersson (LANL), S. Biswas (INL), N. Capps (ORNL), M.D.W. Cooper (LANL), W. Jiang (INL), S. Novascone (INL)
Very High Burnup Transient Fission Gas Release: A Sensitivity Study in BISON
2:20–2:40PM CST
Ian Greenquist (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL)