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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Bills look to boost domestic uranium enrichment, move past Yucca Mountain
A pair of bills were introduced earlier this month in Congress that could modernize the licensing process for uranium enrichment facilities and repeal the law that designated Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the country’s nuclear waste repository.
Technical Session|Power Reactor Operations, Safety, and Reliability
Friday, April 5, 2024|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Leonhard Building Room 103
Session Chair:
Jacob Maxeiner (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Detection of Axial Locations of Control Rods Using Movable In-core Detectors
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Daniele Timpano (ETH Zürich), Edwin Kolbe (Axpo Power AG), Benoit Soubelet (Axpo Power AG)
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Enhancing Probabilistic Risk Assessment for the PULSTAR Research Reactor with Advanced Fault Tree and Initiating Event Analysis Techniques
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Lauren A. Kohler (NCSU), Noah A. Etter (NCSU), Nolan Ritchie (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Prediction of Burning Cable Properties Using Machine Learning
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Peter Henkes (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Elvan Sahin (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mohammad A. Allaf (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Juliana P. Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
