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November 07, 2025

Dr. Luka Snoj, Head of Reactor Physics division (Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia), Professor (Ljubljana University), Adjunct professor (Virginia Tech) will give a talk entitled "From Benchmarks to New Designs: JSI TRIGA and Next-Generation Research Reactors".

October 24, 2025

Dr. Nathan Lau, Associate Professor of ISE, VT, will give a talk entitled 'Human Factors in Nuclear Engineering: Lessons and Legacies of the Three Mile Island Accident'

September 26, 2025

Dr. Ganapati Myneni, Co-Founder, BSCE Systems, Inc., will give a talk entitled "Disruptive U-233 Breeder Burner Technology"

September 19, 2025

Special event - Screening of a documentary organized by The Nuclear Company, entitled "The Nuclear Frontier," followed by a panel discussion.

September 12, 2025

Timothy Franck, VT Graduate Student, will give a talk entitled "Development of Physics-Informed Machine Learning Methodologies Using RAPID & the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) TRIGA Mark-II research reactor"

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