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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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U.S. nuclear supply chain: Ready for liftoff
Craig Piercycpiercy@ans.org
This month, September 8–11, the American Nuclear Society is teaming up with the Nuclear Energy Institute to host our first-ever Nuclear Energy Conference and Expo—NECX for short—in Atlanta. This new meeting combines ANS’s Utility Working Conference and NEI’s Nuclear Energy Assembly to form what NEI CEO Maria Korsnick and I hope will be the premier nuclear industry gathering in America.
We did this because after more than four decades of relative stagnation, the U.S. nuclear supply chain is finally entering a new era of dynamic growth. This resurgence is being driven by several powerful and increasingly durable forces: the explosive demand for electricity from artificial intelligence and data centers, an unprecedented wave of public and private acceptance of—and investment in—advanced nuclear technologies, and a strong market signal for reliable, on-demand power. Add the recent Trump administration executive orders on nuclear into the mix, and you have all the makings of an accelerant-rich business environment primed for rapid expansion.
Kuo-Tong Ma, Yuh-Ming Ferng, Yin-Pang Ma
Nuclear Technology | Volume 123 | Number 1 | July 1998 | Pages 90-102
Technical Paper | Materials for Nuclear Systems | doi.org/10.13182/NT98-A2882
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Flow-accelerated corrosion (FAC) is a piping degradation mechanism resulting in the loss of material from the inside of the piping that subsequently thins the wall. The FAC that causes costly plant repairs and personal injuries is generally accelerated by the single-phase fluid or two-phase mixture, which seems to be a very serious problem found in most of the power plants these days. Based on the measured data of pipe thickness, FAC phenomenon strongly depends on the piping layout and local flow conditions. A three-dimensional two-phase model is proposed with the aim of simulating two-phase behaviors found in the pipe and investigating the impact of these local parameters on FAC damage. Through three-dimensional calculation, liquid droplet impingement was found to dominate the FAC damage occurring in high-steam-quality flow. A simplified parameter is proposed to express an indicator of this normal impingement force. The magnitude of this parameter can represent the severity location of the FAC damage. Compared with plant-measured data of the wear rate, the predicted locations of serious FAC are in good agreement qualitatively. In addition, the phenomenon that different piping layouts will induce different FAC locations can be accurately captured in the current mode.