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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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X-energy raises $700M in latest funding round
Advanced reactor developer X-energy has announced that it has closed an oversubscribed Series D financing round of approximately $700 million. The funding proceeds are expected to be used to help continue the expansion of its supply chain and the commercial pipeline for its Xe-100 advanced small modular reactor and TRISO-X fuel, according the company.
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 10, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Douglas Osborn (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Vaibhav Yadav (INL)
Session Producer:
Nora Fitton
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Risk-Informed Access Delay Timeline Development
10:10–10:40AM EST
Douglas M. Osborn (Sandia), Dusty Brooks (Sandia), Andrew Thompson (Sandia)
Paper
Risk-Informed Approaches for Physical Security
10:40–11:10AM EST
Douglas M. Osborn (Sandia), Adam Williams (Sandia), Susan Caskey (Sandia), Andrew Clark (Sandia), Gregory Wyss (Sandia)
Methodology and Application of Physical Security Effectiveness Based on Dynamic Force-on-Force Modeling
11:10–11:40AM EST
Robby Christian (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Stephen Prescott (INL), Shawn St. Germain (INL)
Integrated Safety and Security Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants Using Dynamic Event Trees
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Brian Cohn (The Ohio State Univ.), Tunc Aldemir (The Ohio State Univ.), Troy Haskin (Sandia), Todd Noel (Sandia), Jeffrey Cardoni (Sandia), Douglas Osborn (Sandia)
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