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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|Severe Accidents
Thursday, August 24, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Fairchild East/West
Session Chair:
Fulvio Mascari
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Alternate Chair:
David L. Luxat
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Application of Artificial Neural Network to Identify Severe Accident State from Plant Signal Data
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Paul McMinn (Fauske and Assoc.), Nick Karancevic (Fauske and Assoc.), Chan Y. Paik (Fauske and Assoc.), Wei Wei (China Nuclear Power Operation Technology Corp.), Ma Guoyang (China Nuclear Power Operation Technology Corp.)
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Simulating the Power Noise Response due to Voiding in the NBSR During the February 3rd Incident
11:05–11:25AM EDT
Lap-Yan Cheng (Brookhaven), Athi Varuttamaseni (Brookhaven), Peter Kohut (Brookhaven), Anil Gurgen (Nat'l Institute of Standards & Technology), Dagistan Sahin (Nat'l Institute of Standards & Technology), Abdullah G. Weiss (Nat'l Institute of Standards & Technology)
Simulation of QUENCH-06 Experiment by MELCOR v2.2 with Uncertainty Analysis
11:25–11:45AM EDT
M. Garbarini (Politecnico di Milano), G. Agnello (Univ. Palermo), A. Bersano (ENEA), F. Gabrielli (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), L. Luzzi (Politecnico di Milano), F. Mascari (ENEA)
Evaluation of Accident Tolerant Fuel Performance Under Long-Term Station Blackout Conditions
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
Chris Faucett (Sandia), Bradley Beeny (Sandia), Jesse Phillips (Sandia), Karen Vierow Kirkland (TAMU)
Application of Lower Head Thermal-Mechanical Creep Failure Module in LHF Experiment
12:05–12:25PM EDT
Hao Yang (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.), Bin Zhang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Pengcheng Gao (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Jianqiang Shan (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.)
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