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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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
Wednesday, September 17, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Room 1
Session Chair:
Rowdy Davis
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jesson D. Hutchinson
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TRISO-form HALEU-fueled Experiment for Transport Applications (THETA) Experimental Design and Simulation Results
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Kristin N. Stolte (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Alex Levinsky (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Christopher B. Campbell (Kairos Power LLC), Nader Satvat (Kairos Power LLC), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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The National Criticality Experiments Research Center: Accomplishments and Experiments Related to Criticality Safety in the Last Three Years
1:20–1:40PM CDT
George E. McKenzie (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kelsey Amundson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Nicholas W. Thompson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Nicholas H. Whitman (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Quantifying Benchmark Submission Improvement with TSUNAMI-IP and TSURFER
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Rowdy Davis (University of New Mexico), Christopher M. Perfetti (University of New Mexico), Larry L. Wetzel (LL Wetzel, LLC.)
Lilith: An Enduring Plutonium Critical Assembly
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Cole Kostelac (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), George E. McKenzie (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kristin N. Stolte (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Robert C. Little (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Enhancements to the KENO Validation Benchmark for Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analyses
2:20–2:30PM CDT
Robert Hall (Duke Energy), David S. Orr (Duke Energy)
Absolute Efficiency Characterization of Neutron Detectors within Radioisotope Identification Devices
2:30–2:40PM CDT
Nuria A. Putnam (Texas A&M University), Craig M. Marianno (Texas A&M University), Nicholas H. Whitman (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Sam Meijer (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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