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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|3:30–5:15PM EDT|Brighton I/II
Session Chair:
Michael T. Wenner (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Alternate Chair:
William B.J. Marshall (ORNL)
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A Novel Approach Towards Criticality Safety of Assemblies with Missing Fuel Rods
Benjamin Dechenaux (IRSN)
Paper
State of the Art on Doppler Broadening: Modern Developments on the Fuel-Temperature Coefficient
David Friant (CEA), David Bernard (CEA), Patrick Blaise (CEA)
Importance of the Axial Burn-Up Modelling for Fuel Assembly Nozzles Activation Calculation
Mariya Brovchenko (IRSN), Nadege Kodratoff (IRSN)
APOLLO3(R) Calculation of BWR Fuel Assembly of a Burn-Up Credit Criticality Benchmark
Arthur Le Bars (CEA), Daniele Tomatis (CEA), Igor Zmijarevic (CEA)
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