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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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World Bank, IAEA partner to fund nuclear energy
The World Bank and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement last week to cooperate on the construction and financing of advanced nuclear projects in developing countries, marking the first partnership since the bank ended its ban on funding for nuclear energy projects.
Technical Session
Wednesday, May 10, 2023|3:45–5:25PM MDT|Boise Room
Session Chair:
Lee S. Mason
Alternate Chair:
Vedant Mehta
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Neutronic Feasibility of Ultra-Compact, Long-Life Molten Salt Metal Reactor (MSMR)
3:45–4:05PM MDT
Jaehyun Ryu (KAIST), Eunhyug Lee (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
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Preliminary Heat-Transfer Modelling of In-Core Thermoelectric Conversion for Small-Scale Space Reactors
4:05–4:25PM MDT
Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Agostino Muratto (Univ. Leicester), Richard M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester)
An Initial Look at the Heat Pipe Resiliency to Reactor Operation
4:25–4:45PM MDT
Vedant K. Mehta (LANL), Sebastian C. Corbisiero (INL), Dasari V. Rao (LANL)
Physics Model Considerations for Nanocomposite Shielding in High Energy Proton Fields
4:45–5:05PM MDT
Justina A.M. Freilich (Oregon State), Camille J. Palmer (Oregon State)
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