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Kentucky disburses $10M in nuclear grants
The Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority (KNEDA) recently distributed its first awards through the new Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, which was established last year. In total, KNEDA disbursed $10 million to a variety of companies that will use the funding to support siting studies, enrichment supply-chain planning, workforce training, and curriculum development.
Technical Session|New and Advanced Reactors
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT|Columbia 3/4
Session Chair:
Paolo Balestra (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Robert P. Martin (Independent)
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Air Ingress and DLOFC Studies in Scaled HTGR Geometry Using Additively Manufactured TCR Fuel Elements
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Broderick Sieh (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue), Prashant Jain (ORNL), Christian Petrie (ORNL), Nathan See (ORNL)
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Accident Analysis Modeling of General Atomics Fast Modular Reactor Plant Using MELCOR: DLOFC and PLOFC
9:20–9:40AM EDT
WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Cole Dunbar (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ryan Som (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Seung Kyo Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
The Effects of Depressurizing into a Cavity for Small and Medium Sized Break Air Ingress Accident Scenarios
9:40–10:00AM EDT
Zachary Welker (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan), Paolo Balestra (INL)
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