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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
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No impact from Savannah River radioactive wasps
The news is abuzz with recent news stories about four radioactive wasp nests found at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The site has been undergoing cleanup operations since the 1990s related to the production of plutonium and tritium for defense purposes during the Cold War. Cleanup activities are expected to continue into the 2060s.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 7
Session Chair:
Zeyun Wu (VCU)
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Organizer:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UC Berkeley)
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Results of Nuclear Testing After Core Internals Changeout #6 in the Advanced Test Reactor
1:00–1:20PM MST
Nathan Manwaring (INL), Daren Norman (INL), Andrew Maile (INL)
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MSRE Reactivity Insertion Test Benchmark Using SAM
1:20–1:40PM MST
T. Fei (ANL), T. Hua (ANL), B. Feng (ANL)
Advances in the ROSA-BWR Core Design Optimization Code
1:40–2:00PM MST
Matteo Gamarino (NRG), Pieter H. Wakker (NRG), Jesper Kierkegaard (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel)
A Review of the Status of the Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments Project
2:00–2:20PM MST
Mark D. DeHart (INL), John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Tatiana Ivanova (OECD NEA), Ian Hill (OECD NEA)
Quantitative Score for Benchmark Selection for Criticality Safety
2:20–2:40PM MST
Jeongwon Seo (Purdue), Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue)
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