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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 HFICD
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Georgetown West
Session Chair:
Fan Zhang
Alternate Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Developing an AI-Powered Zero-Trust Cybersecurity Framework for Malware Prevention in Nuclear Power Plants
10:00–10:20AM EST
Sajedul Talukkder (Southern Illinois Univ.), Palash Kumar Bhowmik (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Towards a Cyber-Physical Testbed for Cybersecurity Research in Nuclear Environments
10:20–10:40AM EST
Vasileios Theos (Purdue), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue), True Miller (Purdue), Brian Jowers (Purdue), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)
Simulating Quantum Key Distribution for Nuclear Reactor Communications with NuQKD
10:40–11:00AM EST
Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue), Vasileios Theos (Purdue), Philip G. Evans (ORNL), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)
Adversarial AI Threats on Digitization of Nuclear Power Plants
11:00–11:20AM EST
Kishor Datta Gupta (Clark Atlanta Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Southern Illinois Univ.), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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