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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Educators learn about Oak Ridge’s nuclear career opportunities
Nearly 300 public school teachers, career counselors, and school administrators from 11 middle and high schools in the Oak Ridge region of Tennessee recently attended a nuclear opportunities workshop. The event was held to provide information about careers available for students in the years ahead related to the cleanup mission of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management.
Panel and Technical Session|Criticality Safety
Saturday, April 15, 2023|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Student Union 362C
Session Chair:
Katy Worrell (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Brad Moore (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Nuclear Criticality Safety Division.
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Verifying MCNP Models of the TEX High 240 Plutonium Benchmark
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Daniel Hunter (LANL), Rene G. Sanchez (LANL), Joetta M. Goda (LANL)
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Nuclear Criticality Safety Review of HEU Dissolution
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Anthony F. Tom (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Michael Cartwright (Y-12 National Security Complex)
Building an ICSBEP Benchmark : A Student's Perspective
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Rowdy Davis (University of New Mexico), Christopher M. Perfetti (The University of New Mexico)
Subcritical Experiments with Uranium-233 and Composite Shielding
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Alicia Pang (Univ. California, Berkeley), Isabel Hernandez (Univ. California, Berkeley), Chia Y. Fang (Univ. California, Berkeley)
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