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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 roaring start in Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday morning with an opening plenary that was a live highlight reel discussing the latest industry achievements.
Starting with a lively promo video that left the audience amped 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.
Addis Lemessa Jembere, Tomasz Jakubowski
Nuclear Technology | Volume 210 | Number 6 | June 2024 | Pages 1042-1053
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2023.2291254
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The relationship between various characteristics of postharvest vegetables and their corresponding biological surface properties is strongly interconnected, leading to a broad spectrum of properties after irradiation. The primary objective of the present study was to investigate how different doses of Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) radiation affect the mechanical properties of semifinished potato tubers derived from distinct Polish varieties, namely, Innovator, Fineziya, and Victoria. A low UV-C dose ranging from 0 to 30 mJ/cm2 was administered. The Innovator variety, when subjected to irradiation, exhibited the highest levels of compression force, cutting force, and bending force. Additionally, the irradiated samples demonstrated improved resistance to compression force, bending force, and increased weight compared to the control samples. Conversely, the control samples exhibited higher resistance to cutting load than the irradiated ones in all varieties. The analysis of variance confirmed a significant difference in compression, cutting force, and tuber weight among the treatment samples in all varieties. Furthermore, stress-strain analyses were performed and showed an elastic behavior of the Victoria variety and a higher Young’s modulus for the Innovator variety.