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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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LLNL, Ampera partner to develop thorium-based TRISO fuel
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has formed a strategic partnership with Ampera to develop the company’s nuclear fuel concept through a project named THUNDER, for Thorium Unimodal Droplet Ejection for Reactors.
The focus of THUNDER is fabricating TRISO made with kernels of thorium rather than the usual uranium. LLNL and Ampera will evaluate and optimize liquid metal–jetting technology to produce highly uniform, spherical kernels of thorium-232 for later processing into TRISO fuel.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|State
Session Chair:
Brian Greene (Johnson Service Group)
Alternate Chair:
John Parsons (MIT)
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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Impacts of Process Integration on Ammonia Production in a Nuclear Integrated Energy System
3:15–3:35PM CDT
John A. Gardiner (Utah State University), Manjur R. Basnet (Utah State University), Hailei Wang (Utah State University)
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A Techno-Economic Analysis of Hydrogen and Ammonia Production with a Maritime Nuclear Power Plant
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Ahmet Kavur (ETH-Zürich), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Levi M. Larsen (INL), John Parsons (MIT)
High Temperature Steam Electrolysis Process Heat from Haber-Bosch Reaction
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Aiden S. Meek (Utah State University), Manjur Basnet (Utah State University), Hailei Wang (Utah State University)
On the System Architecture of a Floating Nuclear Ammonia Production Unit
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Ioannis Kourasis (Core Power (UK) Ltd.), Thomas Davies (Core Power (UK) Ltd.), Nial Turner (Core Power (UK) Ltd.), Rory Megginson (Core Power (UK) Ltd.), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Charles W. Forsberg (MIT), Heddy Barale (MIT), John Parsons (MIT)
Integrating Carbon-free Nuclear Energy with Haber Bosch in Aspen plus
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Frank Katjipaha (Utah State), Aiden Meek (Utah State), Hailei Wang (Utah State)