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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 RPSD
Wednesday, November 12, 2025|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 10
Session Chair:
K. Lisa Fassino
Alternate Chair:
Tucker C. McClanahan
Session Organizer:
Irina I. Popova
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Non-Destructive Analysis of a Commercial Silicone-Tungsten-Based Shielding Composite
3:15–3:35PM EST
Nuvin Bazid (Virginia Commonwealth University), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth University), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Paper
Nuclide Importance to Shielding Calculations in Advanced Reactor Spent Fuel Transportation and Storage
3:35–3:55PM EST
K. Lisa Fassino (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Georgeta Radulescu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
ShutDown Dose Rate Evaluation for the Marine-Based Molten Salt Reactor with B4C Shield
3:55–4:15PM EST
Sunghwan Yun (KAERI), Dong W. Lee (Kora Atomic Energy Research Institute), Gyeong H. Koo (Kora Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Novel Bio-Inspired Shielding Design and Arrangement for Deployable Microreactors
4:15–4:35PM EST
Helen Works (Georgia Tech), Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology - 770 State Street), Eric Pooser (Georgia Tech Research Institute)
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