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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 FCWMD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Indiana/Iowa
Session Chair:
Logan Scott (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Organizer:
Jared Johnson (ORNL)
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Oxidation State Favorability Due to Cation Radii in MSR Fuels
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Hannah K. Patenaude (LANL), Jarom L. Chamberlain (LANL), Clare A. Hatfield (LANL), S. S. Parker (LANL), Marisa J. Monreal (LANL)
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Hydrochlorination of UO2 in Molten Salt Mixtures to Form Molten Salt Reactor Fuel
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Vinh T. Nguyen (SRNL), Bryan Foley (SRNL), Robert A. Pierce (SRNL), Donald Baer (Metatomic Inc.), Steven Hung (Metatomic Inc.)
Lessons Learned In How to Conduct Loop and Irradiated Salt Experiments: Workshop II
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Charles W. Forsberg (MIT), David M. Carpenter (MIT), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley), Kevin R. Robb (ORNL), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU)
Molten Salt Species Solubility Calculations Using Thermochimica's Gibbs Energy Minimizer (GEM)
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Kyoung Lee (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL), Greg Westphal (ORNL), Robert K. Salko (ORNL), Wesley C. Williams (ORNL), Anthony Birri (ORNL), Nicholas Termini (ORNL)
Introducing Efforts Towards the Development of Molten Salt Reactor Chemistry Digital Twin
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Braden K. Clayton (Brigham Young Univ.), Loc B. Duong (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Cole A. Gentry (ORNL), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
