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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Aalo secures $100 million in Series B funding
It was near-certain that more good news was on the horizon for some of the 10 companies recently selected for the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program. Now, only one week later, one of those companies—Aalo Atomics—has become the first to make a major headline with its announcement that it has secured $100 million in Series B funding.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by THD
Thursday, December 2, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Columbia 1
Session Chairs:
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Organizer:
Student Assistant:
Youssef Abouhussien
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Overview of the Virtual Test Bed (VTB)
1:05–1:25PM EST
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Derek Gaston (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Bo Feng (ANL), Cody Permann (INL)
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Coupled Griffin and Pronghorn Simulation of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor (MSFR) for the Virtual Test Bed
1:25–1:45PM EST
Ramiro Freile (INL), Sterling Harper (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)
Conjugate Heat Transfer Coupling of NekRS and MOOSE for Bypass Flow Modeling
1:45–2:05PM EST
April J. Novak (ANL), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Bo Feng (ANL)
Coupled Multiphysics Simulations of the Mk1-FHR in the Virtual Test Bed
2:05–2:25PM EST
Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), April J. Novak (ANL)
CFD Modeling of Molten Salt Fast Reactor Using Nek5000
2:25–2:45PM EST
Jun Fang (ANL), Dillon Shaver (ANL), Bo Feng (ANL)
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