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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Quad Cities violations lead to NRC confirmatory order
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has sent a confirmatory order to Constellation Energy Generation outlining the agreed-on actions to address apparent violations of agency requirements at Quad Cities nuclear power plant in Cordova, Ill. The corrective and preventive actions are based on a June neutral party–mediated alternative dispute resolution (ADR) session that had been requested by Constellation to help it and agency decide on steps forward.
Technical Session|Reactor Physics
Saturday, April 6, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Hosler Room 026
Session Chair:
Caroline E. Ishak (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Katheren R. Bosson Nantes (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan Balog (Penn State University)
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Development of a Hybrid Neutron Transport Solver
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Hirepan Palomares Chavez (Chalmers Univ. Technology)
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Analysis of Metal Hydroxides as Coolants/Moderators for Small Modular Reactors
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Michael Brandt (U.S. Naval Academy), Stuart R. Blair (U.S. Naval Academy)
Variance Reduction within Implicit Monte Carlo Thermal Radiation Transport Using the Local Importance Function Transform
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Max S. Hollett (Oregon State)
Quickly Generating ORIGEN XS Libraries with OBIWAN in Preparation for MSR Thermochemical Analysis
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Kyle J. Luna (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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