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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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General Atomics announces breeding blanket test facility
General Atomics announced it is developing design concepts in collaboration with the Department of Energy for the Fusion Blanket Component Test Facility (BCTF), which will test full-scale breeding blankets.
“No one has tested a fusion blanket at this scale. While there are more research and development challenges ahead, a BCTF brings us closer to turning fusion from proven science into practical, sustainable power,” said Anantha Krishnan, senior vice president of the General Atomics Energy Group.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Michigan/Michigan State
Session Chair:
Simon Pimblott (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Preliminary Irradiation Thermo-Mechanical Analysis of LEU Fuel Plate for NBSR Conversion
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Firat Cetinbas (ANL), Walid Mohamed (ANL), Dhongik Yoon (ANL), Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Peter Kohut (Brookhaven), Abdullah Weiss (NIST), Erik Wilson (ANL)
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Influence of Nb Addition and Microstructure on the Anisotropic Biaxial Creep Behavior of Advanced Zircaloys
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Mahmoud Y. Hawary (NCSU), K. Linga Murty (NCSU)
Dynamic System Sensitivity Analysis of Burnup Accelerated UO2 and Cr2O3 Doped UO2 Fission Gas Release
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Ian T. Ferguson (Oregon State), Pierre-Clément A. Simon (Idaho National Laboraory), Tianyi Chen (Oregon State)
Investigating the Mechanisms Driving High Burnup Structure Formation
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Sadie Wicks (Univ. Florida), Brandon Bohanon (Univ. Florida), Michenna Allen (TAMU), Benjamin Meija Diaz (TAMU), Zhihan Hu (TAMU), Lin Shao (TAMU), Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
