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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.
G. J. Fischer
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 7 | Number 4 | April 1960 | Pages 355-362
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE60-A25729
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The neutron energy spectrum at the center of the dilute fast core of the coupled fast-thermal reactor, ZPR-V has been studied by use of fission chambers having electrodes quantitatively electrodeposited with U234, U235, U236, and U238. Atomic fission ratios found with these four uranium isotopes determine a four-group neutron energy spectrum which can readily be measured as a function of position in the core by use of suitable drive units. The same fission chamber procedure has been used to study the equilibrium neutron energy spectrum in a natural uranium exponential column at Los Alamos. The results of measurements in these two spectra are shown and compared with theoretical predictions. The ZPR-V results are also compared to an analysis of this spectrum made by use of nuclear emulsions for the range 0.2 to 2.2 mev.