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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Nuclear Dirigo
On April 22, 1959, Rear Admiral George J. King, superintendent of the Maine Maritime Academy, announced that following the completion of the 1960 training cruise, cadets would begin the study of nuclear engineering. Courses at that time included radiation physics, reactor control and instrumentation, reactor theory and engineering, thermodynamics, shielding, core design, reactor maintenance, and nuclear aspects.
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1:00–3:10PM EST
Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Session Chair: Xin Xiao
Session Chair: David Rasmussen
Session Chair: Arkady Serikov
3:40–5:50PM EST
Session Chair: Peter Titus
Session Chair: Dennis Youchison
Session Chair: Juan Caneses
12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair: Robert Duckworth
Session Chair: Anita Poore
Session Chair: Greg Wallace
2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair: Joseph Petrella
Session Chair: Daniel Andruczyk
Session Chair: Yutai Katoh
4:50–6:30PM EST
Session Chair: David Senor
Session Chair: Arnie Lumsdaine
Session Chair: Lauren Garrison
Session Chair: Yuhu Zhai
Session Chair: Tim Bohm
Session Chair: Ales Necas
Session Chair: R. Patrick White
Session Chair: Sergey Smolentsev
Session Chair: Peter Dugan
Session Chair: Nicholas Santoro
Panel|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Session Chair: Ales Necas|Alternate Chair: Abbey Goodman
12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair: Oleg Zikanov
Session Chair: Trey Gebhardt
Session Chair: Zeke Unterberg
2:30–4:15PM EST
Session Chair: Andrew Seltzman
Session Chair: Phil Ferguson