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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Two steps forward for U.K. advanced nuclear
This week, two significant announcements have emerged from the United Kingdom’s advanced reactor sector.
On June 14, Rolls-Royce, the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory, and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency announced that they had signed two trilateral memorandums of cooperation to collaborate on “advanced modular reactor (AMR) technology, specifically high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR), and the coated particle fuel these reactors will use.”
Separately, on June 16, Bellevue, Wash.–based TerraPower announced that its Natrium reactor design has been formally submitted for U.K. regulatory review. The company also announced the formation of a new subsidiary, TerraPower UK Ltd.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine C
Session Chair:
Gale Hauck (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Rosemary Yeremian (Advanced Nuclear Advisors)
Session Organizer:
W. Neal Mann (ANL)
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Testing Gears and Bearings for Fuel Handling Machines in Sodium Fast Reactors
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Alex Grannan (ANL), Edward Kent (ANL), Sasan Bakhtiari (ANL), Thomas Elmer (ANL), H.T. Chien (ANL), Chris Grandy (ANL)
Paper
Operation and Security Considerations for Heat Pipe Cooled Microreactors
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Ilyas Yilgor (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Scott Ferrara (INL)
Study of Parametric Fluctuations in Integral Reactor Configuration
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Hui-Yu Hsieh (TAMU), Pavel Tsvetkov (TAMU)
Feasibility of Remote Monitoring of Microreactors Using Satellites and Leveraging Transfer Learning and Pre-trained Models
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Hui-Yu Hsieh (TAMU), Thabit Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
100-30-100 Load Following Concept for a Typical PWR System with Increased Enrichment Fuel
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Isabelle O. Lindsay (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Mutual Gains from Diablo Canyon Extended Operations: Exploring the Nexus Between State Energy Needs, Federal Interests, the Commercial Nuclear Industry, and a Utility
4:55–5:05PM PDT
Tyson Smith (Pacific Gas and Electric Co.)
Recent Advances in General Atomics Fast Modular Reactor Conceptual Design
5:05–5:15PM PDT
Hangbok Choi (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), John Bolin (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems)