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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.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Mesquite
Session Chair:
Susan Asmussen (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Rebecca Schaller (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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A Simple User Interface for Aerosol Transport and Deposition in Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Casks
10:00–10:20AM MST
Zachery Dahm (Purdue), Yadukrishnan Sasikumar (ORNL), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue), Rose Montgomery (ORNL)
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Understanding and Predicting Stress Corrosion Cracking of SNF Dry Storage Canisters
10:20–10:40AM MST
C.R. Bryan (Sandia), A.W. Knight (Sandia), B.L. Nation (Sandia), R.M. Katona (Sandia), E.K. Karasz (Sandia), T.J. Montoya (Sandia), D.M. Brooks (Sandia), N.W. Porter (Sandia), L.N. Gilkey (Sandia), J.M. Taylor (Sandia), R.F. Schaller (Sandia)
An Estimate of Neutron Fluence on Spent Fuel Dry Storage Cask Metallic Structural Components
10:40–11:00AM MST
Zhian Li (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Michael A. Call (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission), John Wise (United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Darrell Dunn (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Investigation of Hydrogen Generation in SNF Canisters Using Lab-Scale "Mini-Canister" Radiolysis Testing
11:00–11:20AM MST
Anna L. d'Entremont (SRNL), Christopher G. Verst (SRNL), Benton C. Randall (SRNL), Robert L. Sindelar (SRNL)
Calculation of Controlled Area Boundary Dose from a Large SNF Dry Storage Array Using SCALE
11:20–11:40AM MST
Veronica Wilson (PNNL), Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL), Justin Clarity (PNNL), Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL), Peter Stefanovic (ORNL)
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