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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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DOE on track to deliver high-burnup SNF to Idaho by 2027
The Department of Energy said it anticipated delivering a research cask of high-burnup spent nuclear fuel from Dominion Energy’s North Anna nuclear power plant in Virginia to Idaho National Laboratory by fall 2027. The planned shipment is part of the High Burnup Dry Storage Research Project being conducted by the DOE with the Electric Power Research Institute.
As preparations continue, the DOE said it is working closely with federal agencies as well as tribal and state governments along potential transportation routes to ensure safety, transparency, and readiness every step of the way.
Watch the DOE’s latest video outlining the project here.
Technical Session
Monday, May 8, 2023|10:30AM–12:10PM MDT|Idaho Falls Room
Session Chair:
Harold Gerrish
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Michael G. Houts
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The Challenges with Material Interfaces in a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engine Heat Exchanger
10:30–10:50AM MDT
Sarah L. Langston (NASA Langley Research Center), Carl C. Poteet (NASA Langley Research Center), Julia E. Cline (NASA Langley Research Center)
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NTP Prototype Risk Reduction Using Derivative RL10 Components
10:50–11:10AM MDT
C. Russell Joyner II (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Federico Aguilar (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Joaquin Castro (Aerojet Rocketdyne), David Hanks (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Daniel J.H. Levack (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Chloe McBride (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Mark Ricciardo (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Brandon Villena (Aerojet Rocketdyne)
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Hybrid Temperature-Reactivity PID Controllers for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Startup
11:10–11:30AM MDT
Vincent M. Laboure (INL), Stefano Terlizzi (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL)
Carbide Coated Carbon-Carbon Heat Exchange Tubes for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Fuel Assembly
11:30–11:50AM MDT
Julia Cline (NASA Langley Research Center), Carl Poteet (NASA Langley Research Center), Benjamin Kowalski (NASA Glenn Research Center), Nathan Jacobson (NASA Glenn Research Center/HX5), Rafael Gonzalez (Kratos SRE)
Low-Cost, Modular High-Temperature Irradiation Testbed for NTP Material Testing
11:50AM–12:10PM MDT
Emily Hutchins (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Lawrence Heilbronn (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brandon Wilson (ORNL), N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL)
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