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U.S. House discusses new nuclear reactors, permitting reform bills
Two U.S. House committees spent Wednesday broaching the subject of new nuclear reactors and moving forward several bills on nuclear permitting reform. The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee’s energy subcommittee held a hearing titled “Powering the Nuclear Renaissance: Accelerating U.S. Leadership in Advanced Nuclear Reactors.” Meanwhile, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce advanced six nuclear permitting reform bills.
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Tuesday, November 11, 2025|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 10
Session Chair:
Kyle C. Hartig
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Igor Jovanovic
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Effect of Plutonium on Uranium Oxide Microstructural Fingerprint
3:15–3:35PM EST
Jack Mayer (Univ. Florida), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida), Kyle Hartig (Univ. Florida), Matthew Wellons (SRNL), Bryan Foley (SRNL), Michael Bronikowski (SRNL), Spencer Scott (SRNL), Lorianne Shultz-Johnson (SRNL), Christopher Barrett (SRNL)
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Collision Cutoffs in Gamma Transport for Predicting Teller Light
3:35–3:55PM EST
Jeffrey Musk (Young Members Group), Camille Palmer (Oregon State), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State), Marc Welliver (Sandia)
Resolving Plume Dynamics and Hydrodynamic Mixing of Al Plasmas via PLIF
3:55–4:15PM EST
Justin I. Borrero-Negrón (Univ. Florida), Kyle C. Hartig (Univ. Florida)
Characterization of a Compact Autoradiography System for Applications in Nuclear Forensics
4:15–4:35PM EST
Hannah K. Patz (Univ. Florida), Benjamin McDonald (PNNL), Kyle Hartig (Univ. Florida), James E. Baciak (Univ. Florida)