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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Industry Update—December 2025
Here is a recap of recent industry happenings:
Agreement signed on advanced nuclear technology in space
Texas-based space technology and orbital logistics developer Space Ocean Corporation and New Mexico–based space nuclear power systems developer Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes) have signed a letter of intent to explore the integration of advanced nuclear reactor technology into future space missions. Space Ocean agreed to test SpaceNukes’ 10-kilowatt microreactor aboard its ALV-N satellite and, if performance criteria are met, to use SpaceNukes as a core supplier of reactors for future Space Ocean lunar and planetary missions. The companies also agreed to examine the integration of fluid delivery systems with reactor modules, to collect operational data to support technology readiness certification, and to form a joint working group to pursue additional space infrastructure and commercial opportunities.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MCD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Jasmine B
Session Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
Alternate Chair:
Yifeng Che (INL)
Session Organizer:
Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
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Uncertainty Analysis on the Pump Flow Transient Phenomena in the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment
8:00–8:20AM PDT
Mohamed H. Elhareef (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Paper
The Effect of the State-of-Knowledge Correlation in PSA Depending on the Type of Uncertainty Distributions
8:20–8:40AM PDT
Gyun Seob Song (Chung-Ang Univ.), Man Cheol Kim (Chung-Ang Univ.)
Optimization and Analysis of LSTM-Based Surrogate Modeling of Metallic Nuclear Fuels
8:40–9:00AM PDT
James Daniell (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ayodeji Alajo (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Predicting Heat Release Rates of Electrical Enclosures Using Machine Learning
9:00–9:20AM PDT
Elvan Sahin (Virginia Tech), Brian Y. Lattimer (Virginia Tech), Juliana P. Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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