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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.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Radiation Transport Methods
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Tara Pandya (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Bill Martin (Univ. of Michigan)
Track Organizer:
Scott Palmtag (NCSU)
Staff Producer:
Chase Lawing (NC State Univ.)
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Multigroup Cross Section Library and Processing for the CASL VERA Neutronic Simulators
Kang-Seog Kim (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Dorothea Wiarda (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Multilevel CMFD Method Development in MPACT
Shane G. Stimpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Luke R. Cornejo (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
The 2D/1D Method: Past, Present, and Future
Aaron M. Graham (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Shane G. Stimpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
An Improved Energy Deposition Model in MPACT with Simplified Gamma Smearing and Time-dependent Delayed Energy
Kang-Seog Kim (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), William R. Martin (University of Michigan), Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brendan M. Kochunas (University of Michigan), Sooyoung Choi (University of Michigan), Matthew E. Kabelitz (University of Michigan), Xinyan Wang (University of Michigan), Robert K. Salko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Yuxuan Liu (University of Michigan)
The Gamma Deposition Matrix Method for Gamma Heating Calculations
William R. Martin (University of Michigan), Yuxuan Liu (University of Michigan), Xinyan Wang (University of Michigan)
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