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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Deep Space: The new frontier of radiation controls
In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Monday, November 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Sonoran 6
Session Chair:
Aaron S. Epiney
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa
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Overview of Earthquake Simulator Experiments of a Gen IV Pebble-Bed Reactor Model
3:15–3:35PM MST
Faizan Ul Haq Mir (Univ. Buffalo), Kaivalya M. Lal (Univ. Buffalo), Benjamin D. Kosbab (Simpson Gumpertz & Heger), Kaniel Z. Tilow (Simpson Gumpertz & Heger), Brian Song (Kairos Power), Nam Nguyen (Kairos Power), Matthew Clavelli (Kairos Power), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo)
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Assessing the Impact of Effective Thermal Conductivity on Gas-Cooled Reactor Transients in RELAP5-3D
3:35–3:55PM MST
Robert F. Kile (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Aaron S. Epiney (INL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Performance Evaluation of Accident Tolerant Fuel in Recovered LOCA Following ECCS Failure
3:55–4:15PM MST
Una Baker (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Development of a PWR Feedwater System Model Using MBSE and SysML
4:15–4:35PM MST
Irfan Ibrahim (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Kevin Adams (Vanderbilt Univ.)
Mid-Height Seismic Isolation of Safety-Class Equipment in Advanced Nuclear Power Plants
4:35–4:55PM MST
Kaivalya M. Lal (Univ. Buffalo), Andrew S. Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo), Michael C. Constantinou (Univ. Buffalo)
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