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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Deep Space: The new frontier of radiation controls
In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
Technical Session|Water-Cooled Reactor Operations and Accident Analysis
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Embassy
Session Chair:
Chul-Hwa Song (KAERI)
Alternate Chair:
Subash Sharma (UM Lowell)
Session Organizer:
Cesare Frepoli
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NRC's Methodology to Estimate Fuel Dispersal During a Large Break Loss of Coolant Accident
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Andrew Bielen (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), James Corson (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Joseph Staudenmeier (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
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Methodology and Analysis to Demonstrate Avoidance of Dispersal During a LOCA in Ringhals PWRs
3:50–4:10PM EDT
J. Holmström (Ringhals), M. Holmgren (Ringhals), M. Söderström (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), P. Gabrielsson (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), A. Surén (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel)
Reactivity-Initiated Accident Analysis of a High Burnup PWR with a 24-Month Fuel Cycle
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Mason Fox (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jianwei Hu (ORNL), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL)
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Evaluation of High-Burnup Fuel Coolability During a Control Rod Withdrawal
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Isabelle Lindsay (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Mason Fox (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nathan Capps (ORNL)
CIFF: Analysis Model of Fuel Failure Risks Caused by CRUD Deposition
4:50–5:10PM EDT
Shiwei Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Xiaojing Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Hui He (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)
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