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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.
Ira G. Dillon and Leslie Burris, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 2 | Number 5 | September 1957 | Pages 567-581
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE57-A25425
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The fission product spectra in discharged fuel from fast fission power reactors have been calculated over a wide range of operating conditions (reactor operating times from 10 to 10,000 days and cooling times from zero to infinity). These calculations are based on recent yield data for fission of uranium and plutonium. From these calculated data are presented derived data of total curies and energy dissipation rates as functions of operating time and cooling time.