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Young Members Group
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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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A series of firsts delivers new Plant Vogtle units
Southern Nuclear was first when no one wanted to be.
The nuclear subsidiary of the century-old utility Southern Company, based in Atlanta, Ga., joined a pack of nuclear companies in the early 2000s—during what was then dubbed a “nuclear renaissance”—bullish on plans for new large nuclear facilities and adding thousands of new carbon-free megawatts to the grid.
In 2008, Southern Nuclear applied for a combined construction and operating license (COL), positioning the company to receive the first such license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2012. Also in 2008, Southern became the first U.S. company to sign an engineering, procurement, and construction contract for a Generation III+ reactor. Southern chose Westinghouse’s AP1000 pressurized water reactor, which was certified by the NRC in December 2011.
Fast forward a dozen years—which saw dozens of setbacks and hundreds of successes—and Southern Nuclear and its stakeholders celebrated the completion of Vogtle Units 3 and 4: the first new commercial nuclear power construction project completed in the U.S. in more than 30 years.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD|Cosponsored by ANSTD
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Banyan A
Session Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood (PNNL)
Alternate Chairs:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Current Status of Regulatory Fuel Research Progress in Korea
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Yongsik Yang (KAERI), JangSoo Oh (KAERI), Jaeyong Kim (KAERI), Changhwan Shin (KAERI), Ju Yeop Park (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Taewan Kim (Incheon Nat'l Univ.)
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Quantitative Insights into the Fluidization of Surrogate Particle Fuel Forms
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Bryan Conry (ORNL), Ryan Heldt (ORNL), Eddie Lopez-Honorato (ORNL), Elvis Dominguez-Ontiveros (ORNL), Tyler Gerczak (ORNL)
Incorporating a Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Process into Nuclear Fuel and Materials Development for Advanced Reactors
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Sai Zhang (INL), Zhegang Ma (INL), Peng Xu (INL)
Numerical Analysis of Fluidized Bed Chemical Vapor Deposition of Pyrolytic Carbon for Tristructural-Isotropic (TRISO) Fuel Particles
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Flavio Dal Forno Chuahy (ORNL), Oluwafemi Oyedeji (ORNL), Eddie Lopez-Honorato (ORNL), Charles Finney (ORNL)
Development of TRISO Particle Fuel Performance Analysis Code TRIPLE
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Jongho Park (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Thermophysical Properties of a (U,Zr)C Solid Solution Fuel for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
4:55–5:05PM PDT
J. Schaeperkoetter (LANL), S. Widgeon Paisner (LANL), D. Byler (LANL), A. Gonzales (LANL), J. White (LANL), B. Taylor (Marshall Space Flight Center), J. Rosales (Marshall Space Flight Center), K. McClellan (LANL), E. Kardoulaki (LANL)
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