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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.
L. S. Kothari, P. G. Khubchandani
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 7 | Number 3 | March 1960 | Pages 240-244
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE60-A25708
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Elastic and one-phonon inelastic scattering cross sections of neutrons in graphite have been calculated for neutron energy less than 2000 k0. For the lattice vibrations in graphite, the model proposed by Krumhansl and Brooks has been used. We have also calculated the mean energy loss per collision and the mean logarithmic energy decrement. Assuming that close to equilibrium the neutron distribution remains Maxwellian, the time variation of the temperature of this distribution has been calculated. The slowing down relaxation time near equilibrium comes out to nearly 170 µsec, which compares well with the experimental value of 185 ± 45 µsec.
