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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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LLNL, Ampera partner to develop thorium-based TRISO fuel
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has formed a strategic partnership with Ampera to develop the company’s nuclear fuel concept through a project named THUNDER, for Thorium Unimodal Droplet Ejection for Reactors.
The focus of THUNDER is fabricating TRISO made with kernels of thorium rather than the usual uranium. LLNL and Ampera will evaluate and optimize liquid metal–jetting technology to produce highly uniform, spherical kernels of thorium-232 for later processing into TRISO fuel.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|8:00–9:45AM CDT|Indiana/Iowa
Session Chair:
Sven O. Bader
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Andrew R. Griffith
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Updates on the Regulatory Review and Implementation of Industrywide Learning Aging Management Program (i-LAMP)
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)
Paper
Wireless Sensors for Monitoring Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Resolving Frequency for Multi-Sensor Applications
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Robert J. Demuth (Univ. South Carolina), Shawn C. Stafford (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jorge V. Carvajal (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Luke Breon (EPRI), Travis W. Knight (Univ. South Carolina)
Threshold Analysis of Modelling and Measurement Accuracies in Muon Scattering Tomography
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Julia Niedermeier (Technical University Munich), Junghyun Bae (ORNL), Maik Stuke (BGZ - Company for Interim Storage)
Implementation of LabVIEW to Iodine Off-Gas Testing and Abatement Laboratory (IOTA) for Autonomous Data Collection and Automated Processes
9:00–9:20AM CDT
Chase Cobble (ORNL), Katherine R. Johnson (ORNL), Matthew Vick (ORNL), Ricardo Muse (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL)
Developing a Digital Twin of the TRIGA II Research Reactor at The University of Texas at Austin
9:20–9:40AM CDT
Nicholas P. Luciano (ORNL), John Ross (Univ. Texas, Austin), Jeongwon Seo (Univ. Texas, Austin), Max Hoffing (Univ. Texas, Austin), Cole Gentry (Univ. Texas, Austin), Benjamin Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), William S. Charlton (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)