North American IBC Advanced Alloys Corp., a leading advanced alloys and precision castings company, will present a technical paper at the Characterization and Quality Control of Nuclear Fuels (“CQCNF 2015”) Conference in Hyderabad, India in December. The conference is sponsored by the Indian Nuclear Fuel Complex, a central industrial unit of India’s Department of Atomic Energy, which manages 21 nuclear power reactors in India.
IBC, which also supports a nuclear fuels Research & Development initiative, will present the benefits of BeO to enhance thermal conductivity. IBC’s paper, entitled “Behavior Assessments for UO2-BeO Enhanced Conductivity Fuels” will be presented by Mr. Jim Malone, IBC’s Vice President of Nuclear Fuels and previously VP Nuclear Fuels at Exelon Generation.