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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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$40M investment to spur new nuclear developments in Idaho and Wyoming
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that its Economic Development Administration (EDA) intends to award $31 million to the Intermountain-West Nuclear Energy Corridor (INEC) Tech Hub. The Idaho Advanced Energy Consortium (IAEC), the group that leads the INEC Tech Hub, subsequently announced that matching donations from its stakeholder partners will bring the total investment up to $40 million.
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)
Paper
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)