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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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The drive to Kairos Power’s reactor demonstration site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., is not only scenic—it’s historic. Nearly 85 years ago, roughly 30,000 construction workers transformed orchards and farmland into a key Manhattan Project site. Depending on your route, you may pass by one of the three gatehouses that were once military checkpoints controlling access to Atomic Energy Commission production facilities.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|8:00–9:45AM CDT|Houston/Kansas City
Session Chair:
Simon Pimblott (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Impact of Thermal Reactor Radiation on Power Converter Circuit Performance
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Matthew M. Niichel (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
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An Overview of Sodium Research at Oregon State University
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Jack Lewis (Oregon State), Guillaume P. Mignot (Oregon State)
Liquid Sodium In-Situ Mechanical Testing
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Andrew W. Canjar (Oregon State), Guillaume P. Mignot (Oregon State), Oden Armstrong (Oregon State)
Dynamic Strain Aging and Serrated Flow Behavior in FeCrAl Kanthal® APMT Alloy for Nuclear Cladding Applications
9:00–9:20AM CDT
Mahmoud Y. Hawary (NCSU), Abdullah S. Alomari (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), K. Linga Murty (NCSU)
Facility Design to Evaluate CRUD Deposition on ATF Cladding Material
9:20–9:40AM CDT
Matt G. Lindsay (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Tiago A. Moreira (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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