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The top 10 states of nuclear
The past few years have seen a concerted effort from many U.S. states to encourage nuclear development. The momentum behind nuclear-friendly policies has grown considerably, with many states repealing moratoriums, courting nuclear developers and suppliers, and in some cases creating advisory groups and road maps to push deployment of new nuclear reactors.
International Conference on Physics of Reactors 2024 Plenary SPeaker
Chief Scientist
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jesson Hutchinson is the Chief Scientist of the National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC) and is an expert in critical and subcritical experiments. He is a Crew Chief (equivalent to a Senior Reactor Operator) for three of the critical assembly machines and is a Crew Member (equivalent to a Reactor Operator) of the fourth machine at NCERC. Jesson has participated in and/or lead >150 critical and >500 subcritical operations at NCERC. His focus is the design, execution, and analysis of critical and subcritical experiments. He has been a member of the ICSBEP working group since 2007. Jesson is an instructor for hands-on criticality and reactor physics training.
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