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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Wright officially sworn in for third term at the NRC
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently announced that David Wright, after being nominated by President Trump and confirmed by the Senate, was ceremonially sworn in as NRC chair on September 8.
This swearing in comes more than a month after Wright began his third term on the commission; he began leading as chair July 31. His term will conclude on June 30, 2030.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|8:00–9:45AM EST|Fantail
Session Chair:
Amy E. van der Vyver
Alternate Chair:
Benjamin Martin
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Safety Cases: Assumptions Versus Reality
8:00–8:20AM EST
James Rendell (National Nuclear Laboratory)
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Functional Classification of Criticality Safety Controls at the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility
8:20–8:40AM EST
Brittany M. Williamson (Spectra Tech)
Investigating Hydrogen Thermal Scattering Law Data with Critical Benchmarks
8:40–9:00AM EST
T.M. Greene (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), C.W. Chapman (ORNL)
Evaluation of Thermal Neutron Scattering Cross Section of α-U3O8 with Ab Initio Lattice Dynamics
9:00–9:20AM EST
Junhyoung Gil (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
An Approach to Obtaining the Best-Estimate keff for Uncertainty in ZPPR Plates
9:20–9:40AM EST
Veronica Karriem (ORNL), Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
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