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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. W. Keilholtz, J. G. Morgan, W. E. Browning
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 5 | Number 1 | January 1959 | Pages 15-20
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A27323
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A survey of the experimental methods used in testing the radiation stability of molten salts and their corrosion properties is presented. The effects of irradiation on the corrosion of Inconel exposed to fluoride fuel mixtures and on the physical and chemical stability of the fuel mixtures have been investigated by irradiating in the MTR capsules filled with static fuel and by operating in-pile forced-circulation loops in the LITR and in the MTR. In the many capsule tests and in the three in-pile loop tests made to date, no major changes have occurred in the fuel mixtures that can be attributed to irradiation, other than normal burn-up of uranium. Metallurgical examinations of the Inconel capsules and tubing have likewise shown no changes in corrosion that can be the result of radiation damage. The low corrosion results obtained for the in-pile loops have been confirmed by chemical analyses for corrosion products in the fuel mixtures.