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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NECX debut: Shaping the next era of energy
The sold-out inaugural Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX) got off to a roaring start in Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday morning with an opening plenary that was a live highlight reel discussing the latest industry achievements.
Starting with a lively promo video that left the audience amped up for Entergy’s CEO and NEI chair Drew Marsh, who welcomed everyone to the event, hosted jointly by the American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute. He spoke to a full house of more than 1,300 attendees, promising a blend of science, technology, policy, and advocacy centered around the future of nuclear energy.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|4:20–5:45PM EST |Georgetown West
Session Chair:
Andrew R. Griffith
Alternate Chair:
Cathy S. Dixon
Session Organizer:
Kim Dougherty
Student Assistant:
Robin Roper
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Update on the Ongoing Ultra-Small Modular Reactor Design Project
4:25–4:45PM EST
Naiki Kaffezakis (Georgia Institute of Technology), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Paper
Facile Oxide to Chalcogenide Conversion for Actinides Using the Boron-Chalcogen Mixture Method
4:45–5:05PM EST
Logan S. Breton (Univ. of South Carolina), Vladislav V. Klepov (Univ. of South Carolina), Hans-Conrad zur Loye (Univ. of South Carolina)
Disorder in Ho2Ti2-xZrxO7: Pyrochlore to Defect Fluorite Solid Solution Series
5:05–5:25PM EST
Devon Drey (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Eric O'Quinn (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Maik Lang (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville)
Phase Evolution in Annealed U-22.5 at.% Zr and U-52.8 at.% Zr Foils Characterized with Scanning Electron Microscopy and In-Situ Neutron Diffraction
5:25–5:45PM EST
W. J. Williams (INL), S. C. Vogel (LANL), M. A. Okuniewski (Purdue Univ.)
A Machine Learning Regression Approach for Pulse Shape Discrimination in Organic Scintillators
5:45–6:05PM EST
Matthew Durbin (Penn State Univ.), Marc Wonders (PNNL), Marek Flaska (Penn State Univ.), Azaree Lintereur (Univ. of Utah)
Toward a Broader Understanding of the Transitional Speciation in the Actinide-Lanthanide Separation Process
6:05–6:25PM EST
Gabriela Picayo (Colorado School of Mines), Mark Jensen (Colorado School of Mines)
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