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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
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Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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 NCSD|Cosponsored by FCWMD, RPD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Jasmine G
Session Chair:
Kelsey Amundson
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Alternate Chair:
Jesse Brown
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Nuclear Data Needs for MCFR Reactors
8:00–8:20AM PDT
T. Cisneros (TerraPower), M. Wargon (TerraPower)
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Design of Pre-Moderated Pulsed-Neutron Die-Away Experiments to Validate the Thermal Scattering Law of Beryllium
8:20–8:40AM PDT
Rida Rahman (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Daniel Siefman (Univ. California, Berkeley), Ruby Araj (LLNL), Catherine Percher (LLNL), Vladimir Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Bayesian Inference Re-estimation of 9Be(α, n) Cross Sections by Using Neutron Spectra Measurements
8:40–9:00AM PDT
Sylvain Bertholon (CEA), Anis Ben-Yelles (CEA), David Bernard (CEA)
Review of Available Critical Experiments and Critical Experiments Facilities to Perform High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel Transport Validation for Advanced Reactor Deployment
9:00–9:20AM PDT
M.N. Dupont (ORNL), K.L. Reed Fassino (ORNL), W.J. Marshall (ORNL), W.A. Metwally (ORNL), W.A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
A Methodology for Validating the Evolution of Start-up Neutron Sources
9:20–9:30AM PDT
Anis Ben-Yelles (CEA)
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