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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Deep Fission raises $30M in financing
Since the Department of Energy kicked off a 10-company race with its Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program to bring test reactors on line by July 4, 2026, the industry has been waiting for new headlines proclaiming progress. Aalo Atomics broke ahead of the pack first by announcing last week that it had broken ground on its 50-MWe Aalo-X at Idaho National Laboratory.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Brighton III/IV
Session Chair:
John C. Hannah (GNF)
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A Comparison of Random Sampling and Genetic Optimization in a Multi-Reactor Shared Fuel Pool Power Plant
Ben Lilley (Oregon State), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)
Paper
Fuel Loading Pattern Optimization of Allegro Fast Reactor Using Genetic Algorithms
Yrobel Lima-Reinaldo (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México), Juan-Luis François (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México)
Evaluation of Fuel Assemblies for Plutonium Multi-Recycling in Pressurised Water Reactors with MOX Enriched Uranium Support Fuel
P. Servell (EDF), E. Girardi (EDF), G. Martin (CEA)
Intra-Optimisation Objective Expansion Applied to Nuclear Fuel Design and Investigation of its Effects on Search Space Coverage
D.J. Brennan (Univ. Cambridge), G.T. Parks (Univ. Cambridge)
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