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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Maine Maritime Academy to offer nuclear engineering technology major
The Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) is set to become the first maritime academy in the United States to offer a major in nuclear engineering technology. The college characterized it as “an important step in addressing workforce needs and advancing clean energy solutions” in a LinkedIn post announcing the major.
Technical Session|Severe Accidents
Thursday, August 24, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT|Fairchild East/West
Session Chair:
David L. Luxat
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Fulvio Mascari
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The SAIGA In-Pile Experimental Test to Study the Degradation of a SFR Core with Mitigation Devices in Severe Accident Conditions
9:00–9:20AM EDT
F. Payot (CEA), F. Charollais (CEA), E. Dufour (CEA), Y. Lejeail (CEA), G. Blevin (CEA), L. Trotignon (CEA), G. De Izarra (CEA), F. Michel (CEA), V. Dupont (CEA), N. Chikhi (CEA), R. Clavier (CEA), E. Batyrbekov (National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan), A. Vurim (National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan), A. Pakhnits (National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan), V. Baklanov (National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan)
Paper
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Experiments and Modeling of Water-Cooled SMR Severe Accidents to Inform Level 4 and 5 Defence-in-Depth
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Luke Lebel (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), Andrew Morreale (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), Eric Jia (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), Feng Zhou (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), David Hummel (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), Scott Ormiston (Univ. Manitoba), Geoffrey Gray (Univ. Manitoba)
Preliminary Analysis of Severe Accident in Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Using Eutectic Reaction Model of Boron-Carbide Control-Rod Material
9:40–10:00AM EDT
Hidemasa Yamano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Koji Morita (Kyushu Univ.)
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