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UW-Madison: A Midwestern nucleus of fission and fusion
With more than six decades as a top-ranked program in its rearview, the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics (NEEP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is hardly slowing down. In fact, NEEP is continuing to grow and develop its faculty, curriculum, and research.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Tuesday, November 11, 2025|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Yunfei Zhao
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Demographic Analysis for Nuclear Reactor Siting
3:15–3:40PM EST
Sydney Ballard (TAMU), Daniel L. Watson (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)
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Defining a Benchmark Case Study for Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment
3:40–4:05PM EST
Yunfei Zhao (University of Maryland, College Park), Joseph F. O'Leary (University of Maryland, A. James Clark School of Engineering)
Population Density Considerations at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
4:05–4:30PM EST
Spencer Toohill (The Breakthrough Institute), Adam Stein (The Breakthrough Institute)
Welding of Molten Salt Stainless Steel Components: Implications for Structural Integrity
4:30–4:55PM EST
Thomas s. Carson (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Hansol Kim (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)