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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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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|Pointview
Session Chair:
Dan Kotlyar
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Vedant Mehta
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Study and Design of a Molten Salt Reactor for Power Supply in Space: First Glimpse of the Core Design
Nicolas Rey-Tornero (CEA), Guillaume Campioni (CEA), Daniel Heuer (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Paper
Design Studies of a Molten Salt Reactor for Space Nuclear Electric Propulsion
F. Quinteros (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), P. Rubiolo (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), V. Ghetta (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), J. Giraud (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), N. Capellan (Univ. Grenoble Alpes)
Parametric Neutronic Evaluation of the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket Concept
William J. Walters (Penn State)
Low Enriched Uranium Particle Bed Rocket
Alejandra de Lara (Univ. Cambridge), Nathaniel Read (Univ. Cambridge)
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