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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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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
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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.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) SPeaker
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
Prof. Narabayashi graduated the master course of Nuclear Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), and entered Toshiba Corporation in 1978. He got a doctor degree in 1991 from Tokyo Tech. He was the Chief Specialist of Reactor Components and Two-Phase Flow in Toshiba Corp.
He moved to the Hokkaido University in 2005. He was given awards from the AESJ in 1988 and 2002, and from the JSME in 2005, 2022 and 2023.
He has been involved in an advisory meeting member of NISA with regard to technical lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP accidents, and also safety counter measure evaluation member of NRA.
He became a director of the AESJ in July 2012. Since 2013, he has served as a member of the Nuclear Education Panel at King Khalifa University in the UAE, and in 2018 was awarded the Outstanding Professor of the Year Award by the Information System for Radiation Exposure (ISOE), which is jointly operated by the IAEA and OECD/NEA.
He became a specially appointed professor at Tokyo Tech in 2018, and also serves as the President of a Tokyo Tech venture, GX Energy ltd, since 2022.
He received the Contribution Award from the JSME in 2023 for leading the implementation of filtered containment venting systems using organic iodine removal filters in Japan.
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