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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Deep Space: The new frontier of radiation controls
In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
Panel and Technical Session|Fuel Cycles, Waste Management, and Decommissioning
Saturday, April 15, 2023|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Student Union 362B
Session Chair:
Evan Williams (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Harrison Huegen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences and Fuel Cycle & Waste Management Divisions.
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Excess Criticality Mitigation for Pebble Bed Reactor Fuels by Pebble Displacement and Replacement
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Jonathan F. Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Gordon M. Petersen (INL), Robert A. Joseph (INL)
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Incorporation of Metal Taggants into Tetragonal Gamma-UO3
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Nicholas J. Wilson (University of Texas at El Paso), Ashley Shields (ORNL), Eunja Kim (University of Texas at El Paso)
Mapping of the LiCl-NaCl-UCl3 and KCl-NaCl-UCl3 Ternaries
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Ethan A. Schneider (The University of Texas at San Antonio), Thomas C. Kirtley (the University of Texas at San Antonio), Elizabeth S. Sooby (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Liangyan Hao (The University of Pittsburgh), Soumya Sridar (The University of Pittsburgh), Wei Xiong (The University of Pittsburgh)
Evaluation of Contamination Limits for Equipment Release for A Former Uranium Mill
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Jillian L. Newmyer (Oregon State)
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