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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Launching into tomorrow: NRIC guides new era of research and deployment
In June 2025, the Department of Energy announced the Reactor Pilot Program, an authorization pathway that allowed reactor developers to partner with the DOE to get first-of-a-kind (FOAK) reactors built and tested. Soon after, the DOE rolled out a complementary Fuel Line Pilot Program, which aimed to fast-track fuel projects. In all, 20 projects were accepted into the new programs.
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Lincolnshire 1/2
Session Chair:
Lei R. Cao
Alternate Chair:
Igor Jovanovic
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Optical Characterization System Development for In-situ Real-time Measurement of Transmissivity of Irradiated Bulk Optical Materials
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Yunping Zhang (Univ. Michigan), Boyuan Sun (Univ. Michigan), Milos Burger (Univ. Michigan), Sylvain Girard (Univ. Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
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Toward the Development of Molten Salt Reactor Diagnostics based on Resonantly Enhanced Laser Spectroscopy
3:35–3:55PM CDT
George B. Sun (Univ. Michigan), Londrea Garrett (Univ. Michigan), Ammon N. Williams (INL), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
Exploring Radiation Enhancement of Hafnium Oxide Nanoparticles
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Marlen Calix Quezada (Young Members Group), Santiago Bermudez Naranjo (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Simulation of Irradiated Molten Salt Flow Loop Using OpenMC
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Alexandru S. Aghinitei (Univ. Texas, Austin), Cole A. Gentry (Univ. Texas, Austin), Nicholas P. Luciano (Univ. Texas, Austin), Soha Aslam (Univ. Texas, Austin), Seth D. Dayawansa (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
