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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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DOE issues new NEPA rule and procedures—and accelerates DOME reactor testing
Meeting a deadline set in President Trump’s May 23 executive order “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy,” the DOE on June 30 updated information on its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rulemaking and implementation procedures and published on its website an interim final rule that rescinds existing regulations alongside new implementing procedures.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 12, 2022|10:00AM–12:00PM EDT|Orchid
Session Chair:
Wes Fuhrman (JHU-APL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Paul Ostdiek (JHU-APL)
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Thermal Performance of a Liquid Metal Heat Pipe with Hybrid Wick Structure
Byung Ha Park (KAERI), Ho Sik Kim (KAERI), Chan Soo Kim (KAERI)
Paper
Computational Sodium Heat Pipe Simulation for Nuclear Reactor Analysis with Nonuniform Incident Temperature
Valerie Lawdensky (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas), William Culbreth (Univ. Nevada, Las Vegas)
Preliminary Performance Evaluation of Radiator Heat Pipe for Space Nuclear Reactor Application
Ye Yeong Park (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Chan Soo Kim (KAERI), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology)
Comparison of Convective Heat Transfer Correlations and Their Application to Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactors
Dennis Nikitaev (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Corey D. Smith (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Kelsa Palomares (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.)
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