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Deep Fission raises $30M in financing
Since the Department of Energy kicked off a 10-company race with its Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program to bring test reactors on line by July 4, 2026, the industry has been waiting for new headlines proclaiming progress. Aalo Atomics broke ahead of the pack first by announcing last week that it had broken ground on its 50-MWe Aalo-X at Idaho National Laboratory.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Physics Integration
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST|3
Session Chair:
Ross Bartlett (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Scott Palmtag (NCSU)
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Staff Producer:
Chase Lawing (NC State Univ.)
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Development of the VERA Quality Assurance Program
Scott P. Palmtag (North Carolina State University), Lori Moore (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), David J. Kropaczek (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Componentized hieratical build and test infrastructure and processes for CASL VERA
Roscoe A. Bartlett (Sandia National Labs)
Capabilities of VERA Version 4
Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Scott P. Palmtag (North Carolina State University), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thomas J. Downar (University of Michigan), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin)
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