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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NECX debut: Shaping the next era of energy
The sold-out inaugural Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX) got off to a bumping start in Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday morning with an opening plenary that felt like part dance party and part highlight reel showing off the latest industry achievements.
That intro left the audience pumped up for Entergy’s CEO and NEI chair Drew Marsh, who welcomed everyone to the event, hosted jointly by the American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute. He spoke to a full house of more than 1,300 attendees, promising a blend of science, technology, policy, and advocacy centered around the future of nuclear energy.
J. H. Kittel, S. Greenberg, S. H. Paine, J. E. Draley
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 2 | Number 4 | July 1957 | Pages 431-449
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE57-A25408
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Three corrosion-resistant uranium-base alloys, U-3 weight per cent Nb, U-5 weight per cent Zr-1½ weight per cent Nb, and U-3.8 weight per cent Si (U3Si) were irradiated to burnups of 0.1 atomic per cent or less. Observations were made of irradiation-induced length changes in specimens of the alloys as influenced by the method of fabrication and heat treatment, and of changes in aqueous corrosion resistance resulting from irradiation. It was found that the uranium-niobium alloy was unsuitable from the standpoint of dimensional and surface stability, and its corrosion resistance was destroyed by irradiation. The uranium-zirconium-niobium alloy could be nominally stabilized under irradiation and its corrosion resistance was destroyed by between 0.046 and 0.074 atomic per cent burnup. The uranium-silicon alloy was relatively stable under irradiation and showed no increase in corrosion rate at 290°C after 0.090 atomic per cent burnup, although cracking occurred after several days corrosion testing.