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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Lincolnshire 1/2
Session Chair:
Londrea Garrett
Alternate Chair:
Igor Jovanovic
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Controlling Radioluminescence Performance in Gdpo₄: Ln³⁺ Nanoparticles via Thermal Annealing for Nuclear Radiation Detection and Energy Conversion
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Santiago Bermudez Naranjo (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Marlen Calix Quezada (Young Members Group), Carlos E. Castano (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Demonstration of Plutonium Diversion Detection Methodology for Molten Salt Reactors using Gamma Emitting Fission Product Yields
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Alvin J. Lee (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Tomasz Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Preliminary Verification and Validation of the MITR Simulator Against Reactor Operational Data
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Alison Okumura (MIT), Lin-Wen Hu (MIT)
Variational Auto Encoder Based Generative Inverse Model for Nuclear Detector Design
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Sachini Piyoni Ekanayake (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center), Zhanpan Zhang (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center), Scott Evans (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center), Uwe Wiedmann (GE Healthcare Technology and Innovation Center), Christopher Reynolds (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center)
Application of Monte Carlo Method with ORIGEN for Salt Sample Analysis in INL's Advanced Test Reactor Test Beds
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Kyoung Lee (ORNL), Greg Westphal (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL), Wesley C. Williams (ORNL)
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