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NRC posts hearing request notice for Belews Creek ESP application
An opportunity to request an adjudicatory hearing for Duke Energy Carolinas’ early site permit (ESP) application for the Belews Creek site in Stokes County, N.C., has been announced by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The notice of the opportunity was published February 9 in the Federal Register. The deadline to file a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is April 10, 2026.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, November 12, 2025|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 11
Session Chair:
Larry Wetzel
Alternate Chair:
Theresa E. Cutler
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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Near Miss Criticality Accident in FB-Line Slab Tank in 1984
3:15–3:35PM EST
Brittany M. Williamson (Spectra Tech), Jaylen Jones (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
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Effects of Neutron Moderation on the Reactivity of Molten Chloride Fuel Salts
3:35–3:55PM EST
Jake Miles (Cambridge AtomWorks), Ioannis Kourasis (CORE POWER UK), Thomas Drury (TerraPower), Genève Magnan (University of Cambridge), Bobbi Riedel (TerraPower)
The Jupiter High 240Pu Critical Benchmark
3:55–4:15PM EST
John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), David C. Shepherd (Missouri University of Science & Technology), Alexander T. McSpaden (LANL), Masahiro Fukushima (JAEA), Akito Oizumi (JAEA & LANL)
Temperature effects on Thermal Neutron Scattering in Beryllium Metal
4:15–4:35PM EST
Pavel G. Simeonov (TAMU), Junhyoung Gil (North Carolina State University), Nina C. Fleming (North Carolina State University), Ayman I. Hawari (North Carolina State University)
Using Machine Learning to Help Develop Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluations
4:35–4:55PM EST
Anneli Brackbill (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Vladimir Sobes (University of Tennessee Knoxville), James J. Kuropatwinski (LANL), Isaac J. Michaud (LANL)
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