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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Construction begins on Natrium reactor training center
TerraPower announced yesterday that it has begun construction on the Kemmerer Training Center (KTC) at the site of the Natrium project in Kemmerer, Wyo. According to the company, the state-of-the-art KTC is the second facility to reach the construction milestone of the advanced nuclear project.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|3:15–4:20PM MST|Mesquite
Session Chair:
Lauren Richmond (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Daniel Bullen (DNFSB)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Handbook of Neutron Absorber Materials for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Transportation Applications
3:15–3:35PM MST
Amanda Jenks (Dominion Engineering), Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)
Paper
UNF-ST&DARDS: Update of the Unified Spent Nuclear Fuel Database
3:35–3:55PM MST
Peter Stefanovic (ORNL), Paul Miller (PNNL), Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL)
Droplet Evaporation for Particle Deposition Models for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Systems
3:55–4:15PM MST
Sarah R. Suffield (PNNL), Philip Jensen (PNNL), William Perkins (PNNL), Brady Hanson (PNNL), Steven Ross (PNNL)
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