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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|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Canaveral 2
Session Chair:
Stephen Lam (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell)
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Optimizing the ATF-2Ramp Power Profile
10:00–10:20AM EST
Travis Labossiere-Hickman (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), David Kamerman (INL)
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A Data-Driven Framework for Modeling Strength Surface in Complete Theory of Phase-Field Fracture
10:20–10:40AM EST
K.M. Zaheen Nasir (NCSU), Wen Jiang (NCSU)
Segmentation of Microscopic Defects in Pulsed Infrared Thermography Images of Metals
10:40–11:00AM EST
Jordan Stone (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Xin Zhang (ANL), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Primary Damage Cascade Simulations in Tungsten Using the Allegro Machine Learning Interatomic Potential
11:00–11:20AM EST
Danna Jia (MIT), Myles Stapelberg (MIT), Michael Short (MIT)
Creep Analysis of Piping Component Structures in Nuclear Reactors with Machine Learning
11:20–11:40AM EST
Ugur Cotul (Purdue Univ.), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.)
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