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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Nuclear energy for maritime shipping and coastal applications
The Boston-based Deon Policy Institute has published a white paper that examines the applications of nuclear energy in the maritime sector—specifically, floating nuclear power plants and nuclear propulsion for commercial vessels. Topics covered include available technologies, preliminary cost estimates, and a status update on the regulatory framework.
Unique opportunity: The paper points out that nuclear energy has the potential to benefit the shipping industry with high energy efficiency, lower operating costs, and zero carbon emissions. The report has a special focus on Greece, a nation that controls about 20 percent of the global commercial fleet and thus has an opportunity to take a leading role in the transition to nuclear-powered shipping.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuels and Actinide Materials
Tuesday, December 12, 2023|10:00–11:40AM CST|Galerie 3
Session Chair:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Track Organizers:
Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida)
Jian Gan (INL)
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Influence of Corrosion Products and Impurities on the Behavior of Molten Salts In-Reactor
10:00–10:20AM CST
T.M. Besmann (Univ. South Carolina), J. Schorne-Pinto (Univ. South Carolina), M. Aziziha (Univ. South Carolina), J. Paz Soldan Palma (Univ. South Carolina), A.M. Mofrad (Univ. South Carolina), C.M. Dixon (Univ. South Carolina), R.E. Booth (Univ. South Carolina), J.A. Wilson (Univ. South Carolina), J. McFarlane (ORNL), M.E. Woods (INL), R. Gakhar (INL)
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Comprehensive Characterization of Microstructure Evolution and its Impact on Thermal Conductivity of Nuclear Fuel Surrogates
10:20–10:40AM CST
Marat Khafizov (Ohio State), Amey Khanolkar (INL), Kaustubh Bawane (INL), Miaomiao Jin (Penn State), Joshua Ferrigno (Ohio State), Saqeeb Adnan (Ohio State), Erika Nosal (Ohio State), Linu Malakka (INL), Boopathy Kombiah (INL), Anter el Azab (Purdue), Lingfeng He (NCSU), David Hurley (INL)
Manufacturing and Property Measurements of Homogeneous Simulated FP (Nd/Sm/Gd/Zr)-Doped MOX
10:40–11:00AM CST
Y. Horii (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), S. Hirooka (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), R. Vauchy (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), K. Hayashizaki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), H. Uno (Inspection Development Co.), T. Tamura (Inspection Development Co.), T. Sunaoshi (Inspection Development Co.), H. Ohwada (Inspection Development Co.), T. Yamada (Inspection Development Co.), T. Murakami (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Irradiated MOX Fuel: Study of Thermodynamic and Thermoelastic Properties
11:00–11:20AM CST
G. Porto (CEA), J. Bouchet (CEA), E. Bourasseau (CEA), Ph. Martin (CEA)
Pressureless AC Controlled Current-Rate Flash Sintering of (U,Ce)O2 Mixed Oxide Fuel Surrogates; Microstructural Analysis and Kinetic Model Refinement
11:20–11:40AM CST
J. Morgan (Univ. Manchester), S. Bostanchi (Lucideon), C. Green (Lucideon), D. Pearmain (Lucideon), D. Goddard (National Nuclear Laboratory), T. Abram (Univ. Manchester), N. Barron (Arup), R.W. Harrison (Univ. Manchester)
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