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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Grouper
Session Chair:
Caleb Miller (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Alternate Chair:
Ethan Rozak (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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An Innovative Approach to Beta Nuclear Battery Using Cyclotron Emission
1:00–1:20PM EST
Sungbeen Park (KAIST), Bin Ahn (KAIST), Jee Hyun Seong (KAIST)
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Manipulating Forms Loss Coefficients to Correct Channel Flow Distribution
1:20–1:40PM EST
Caleb Miller (Univ. Texas, Austin), Benjamin Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Modeling Natural Circulation of Single-Phase Molten Salt
1:40–2:00PM EST
Ethan Rozak (Univ. Texas, Austin), Eduardo Borges Issa (Univ. Texas, Austin), Cole Gentry (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
High Temperature Molten Salt Lubricated Hydrodynamic Bearing Test Facility with Distilled Water Pre-Test
2:00–2:20PM EST
Yuqi Liu (Univ. New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)
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