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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|1:00–2:45PM CDT|State
Session Chair:
Wen-Chi Cheng (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Brian Greene (Johnson Service Group)
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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Grid Dispatchable Electricity from Nuclear Hydrogen Production for Industrial Facilities
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Charles W. Forsberg (MIT), John Parsons (MIT)
Paper
Development Solid Oxide Electrolysis Models Using MATLB/Simulink and Parametric Study with Electrochemical Models for Nuclear Hydrogen Production
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Jiwon Ahn (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Hyoung Kyu Cho (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Modeling and Simulation of High Temperature Electrolysis for Nuclear Hydrogen Production
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Manjur R. Basnet (Utah State University), Austin Gardiner (Utah State University), Hailei Wang (Utah State University)
Risk Analysis of Nuclear Co-located Hydrogen and Syngas Production
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Robby Christian (INL), Courtney Otani (INL), Kurt G. Vedros (INL)
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Development of Safety Analysis Framework for a Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Integrated Energy System (IES) for Hydrogen Production
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Emily V. Meilus (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Isabelle Lindsay (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
