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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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The U.S. Million Person Study of Low-Dose-Rate Health Effects
There is a critical knowledge gap regarding the health consequences of exposure to radiation received gradually over time. While there is a plethora of studies on the risks of adverse outcomes from both acute and high-dose exposures, including the landmark study of atomic bomb survivors, these are not characteristic of the chronic exposure to low-dose radiation encountered in occupational and public settings. In addition, smaller cohorts have limited numbers leading to reduced statistical power.
Technical Session|Reactor Design and Analysis
Monday, April 22, 2024|1:30–3:15PM PDT|Franciscan A
Session Chair:
Ben Lindley
Alternate Chair:
Yves Robert (ORNL)
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Voronoï Mesh for a Thermally Coupled Model of Pebble Bed Reactor
1:30–1:50PM PDT
Ludovic Jantzen (Univ. California, Berkeley), Yves Robert (ORNL), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Paper
Deterministic High-Fidelity Neutronics Simulation of Pebble Bed Reactors with Pebble Tracking Transport
1:50–2:10PM PDT
Liam Carlson (TAMU), Jean Ragusa (TAMU), Paolo Balestra (INL), Yaqi Wang (INL)
Sensitivity of Thermo-Physical Salt Property Changes on Reactor Equilibrium for Salt-Cooled Pebble Bed Reactors
2:10–2:30PM PDT
Ludovic Jantzen (Univ. California, Berkeley), Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Impact of Cooldown on Pebble Fuel Burnup Prediction Using Machine Learning
2:30–2:50PM PDT
Jason Hou (NCSU), Nick Rollins (NCSU)
Assessment of Worth of Telescopic Control Rods in a Pebble Bed Reactor Model
2:50–3:10PM PDT
Ethan P. Fowler (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gabriel Paramucchio (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Adrien Couet (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Peter Wilkinson (Unaffiliated), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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