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November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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X-energy begins irradiation testing at INL
Advanced reactor and fuel developer X-energy has officially begun confirmatory irradiation testing at Idaho National Laboratory on its TRISO-X fuel. The testing, which is taking place over the course of the next 13 months, will evaluate the fuel across a variety of operating scenarios and—if all goes according to plan—will be instrumental in qualifying it for commercial use.
Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024)
Lydia Tai has been a health physicist for the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC) in Livermore, California since 2019. As part of the multidisciplinary operations team at NARAC, she supports emergency planning and response activities and manages NARAC’s international collaborations. Lydia has over 18 years of experience in the Department of Energy complex in both federal and contractor organizations. Her past roles include managing the internal and external dosimetry programs for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and supporting federal oversight of safety programs for the Nevada Field Office.
Lydia has a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Science in Radiation Health Physics from Oregon State University, Corvallis. She has been a Certified Health Physicist since 2016.
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