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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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Deep Space: The new frontier of radiation controls
In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
Technical Session
Monday, September 15, 2025|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Room 1
Session Chair:
Rowdy Davis
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jesson D. Hutchinson
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PCI Nuclear Recriticality Test Study by Standards of ASTM E10&E37
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Yan Peng (China Institute of Atomic Energy)
Paper
Experimental Effects of Hand Reflection on the BeRP Ball
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Juan A. Dominguez (Los Alamos National Laboratory), David G. Swindall (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Steven J. Wachtel (Los Alamos National Laboratory), David K. Hayes (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kyle G. Mayfield (Los Alamos National Lab)
Pulsed-Neutron Die-Away Experiment Design for Validating Heavy Water (D2O) Thermal Scattering Laws
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Rida Rahman (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Daniel Siefman (University of California, Berkeley), Vladimir Sobes (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Ruby Araj (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Jacob Glesmann (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Evaluation of Sandia NCS Benchmark Suite Updates
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Andres Morell-Pacheco (Young Members Group), Zackary G. Dodson (Univ. Michigan), William M. Cook (Sandia National Laboratories), John A. Miller (Sandia National Laboratories)
Challenges of Benchmarking the University of New Mexico's AGN-201M Reactor
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Larry L. Wetzel (Boston Government Sevices), Rowdy Davis (University of New Mexico), Robert D. Busch (University of New Mexico)
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