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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Front-end nuclear fuel supply cooperation: Turning allied interdependence into strategic advantage
The global nuclear revival, which is fueled by unprecedented demand for firm, affordable, dispatchable power for artificial intelligence and data center build-out, energy security imperatives, and climate commitments, has exposed a structural reality of the Western fuel cycle: No single allied nation currently possesses the full suite of front-end capabilities. From mining through conversion, enrichment, fabrication, and the emerging deconversion and metallization steps required for reactor fuels, capability is distributed across Canada, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States (collectively, the “Sapporo Five”), as well as a small group of close partners.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine F
Session Chair:
Dillon R. Shaver (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Jun Fang (ANL)
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High-Fidelity Simulations of the Flow Instability in an Eccentric Annular Channel
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Carolina S.B. Dutra (Penn State), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
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Update on HFIR Data Informed RANS Turbulence Modeling
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Emilian Popov (ORNL), Nicholas Mecham (NCSU)
Preliminary Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis on Helical Cruciform Metal Fuel Subchannels for Enhanced Reactor Performance
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Hyeongi Moon (Hanyang Univ.), Minseop Song (Hanyang Univ.)
VERTEX-CFD: A Multiphysics Solver
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Marc-Olivier Delchini (ORNL), Kellis C. Kincaid (ORNL), Doug Stefanski (ORNL), Ryan Glasby (ORNL), Franklin Curtis (ORNL)
Simulations of the Effects of Gap Width on Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics for Twisted Tape Inserts
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Sierra A. Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Preliminary LES of Cross Flow in the GOKSTAD Experimental Tube Bundle
4:55–5:15PM PDT
Trevor C. Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)