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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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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 NISD
Tuesday, November 11, 2025|1:00–2:45PM EST|Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Yunfei Zhao (Univ. Maryland)
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Session Organizer:
Yunfei Zhao
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PRA Methodology for Multi-Module SMRs Using Integrated Single-Top Fault Tree Modelling
1:00–1:20PM EST
Dohun Kwon (Kyung Hee Univ.), Ho Seok (Kyung Hee Univ.), Gyunyoung Heo (Kyung Hee Univ.)
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Aspects of the Xe-100 Safety Analysis Methodology
1:20–1:40PM EST
Brian T. Hallee (MPR Associates, Inc.), Drew Nigh (X-energy, LLC.), Paolo Balestra (X-energy, LLC.)
Modeling Capability for High Temperature Reactors at the University of Tennessee to Provide Neutronic and Thermal-hydraulic Conditions for TRISO Fuel Performance
1:40–2:00PM EST
Edan K. Estes-Lumpkin (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Isabelle Lindsay (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (University of Tennessee Knoxville)
Assessment of the Effects of Dynamic Thermal-Hydraulic Environments in Modeling Fission Product Transport and Deposition in BWR SMRs Using MELCOR
2:00–2:20PM EST
Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical LLC), Rohan Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical), Woo H. Jun (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
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