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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 MSTD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Michigan/Michigan State
Session Chair:
Lorenzo Vergari (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Chemical Composition Analysis of Irradiated UCO TRISO Fuel Kernels Using Atom Probe Tomography (APT)
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Yong Yang (Univ. Florida), Alejandro Corrales (Univ. Florida)
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Characterization of the Grain Size of the Silicon Carbide Layer in AGR TRISO Fuels
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Katherine I. Montoya (ORNL), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL), Grant W. Helmreich (ORNL)
Initial Observations from XCT Imaging of AGR-5/6/7 TRISO Particles
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Grant W. Helmreich (ORNL), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL), William F. Cureton (ORNL), Jesse W. Werden (ORNL)
Post-irradiation 1600°C Heating Test of AGR-1 UCO Fuel Kernels
11:00–11:20AM CDT
John Stempien (INL), Lu Cai (INL), Paul A. Demkowicz (INL), Edward L. Reber (INL), Cad L. Christensen (INL)
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