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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NRC approves V.C. Summer’s second license renewal
Dominion Energy’s V.C. Summer nuclear power plant, in Jenkinsville, S.C., has been authorized to operate for 80 years, until August 2062, following the renewal of its operating license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a second time.
The Massimo Salvatores Memoriam Graduate Scholarship was established by the Reactor Physics Division (RPD) in 2024 to recognize promising graduate students who are in the first two years of their graduate studies and who have an interest in the field of reactor physics.
Professor Massimo Salvatores
(3/31/1941 – 3/27/2020)
Massimo Salvatores’s name is synonymous with more than 40 years of personal dedication to nuclear reactor physics & related science, with many outstanding technical and scientific contributions, the promotion of research programs and international collaboration, and the training of two generations of young physicists. He was an extraordinarily active and knowledgeable scientist, an inspiring and stimulating person, and an exceptional leader of international collaboration.
Tribute to the legendary Professor Massimo Salvatores
Reactor Physics Division
A selection committee will be established by the Reactor Physics Division
Graduate (Masters or Ph.D.) - first two years of graduate studies
1 awarded annually @ $3,500/each
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