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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Supreme Court declines to hear case involving St. Louis contamination
The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday declined to hear an appeal from General Atomics subsidiary Cotter Corporation and Commonwealth Edison, an Exelon company, in a case over alleged radioactive contamination in the St. Louis, Mo., area, leaving in place an 8th Circuit Court ruling that allows the plaintiffs’ state-law tort claims to proceed under the federal Price-Anderson Act.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FED
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Biscayne 2
Session Chair:
Pierre-Clément Simon
Alternate Chair:
Paul W. Humrickhouse
Session Organizer:
Thomas Fuerst
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Study on Fusion Safety Concept Based on Nuclear Safety (1) Fusion Safety Objective and Principles
1:00–1:20PM EST
Yoshiki Yamashita (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Takashi Ino (Kyoto Fusioneering)
Paper
Multi-Objective Optimization of Low-Activation Sintering Additives for Silicon Carbide Composites Using Neutronics and CALPHAD
1:20–1:40PM EST
James Xu (MIT), Myles Stapelberg (MIT), Sara Ferry (MIT), Ethan Peterson (MIT)
Study on Fusion Safety Concept Based on Nuclear Safety (2) Defense in Depth in Fusion Safety
1:40–2:00PM EST
