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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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In transition: Commercializing fusion power
Commercial fusion power is closer than ever. There are now around 30 U.S. fusion companies, several of which claim to be on track to connect to the grid as early as the 2030s.
Tokamak and laser inertial confinement approaches benefit from decades of research at facilities such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and ITER, with alternative concepts including stellarator, magnetic mirror, and Z-pinch confinement also making notable progress as private and government funding for fusion increases.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Belmont
Session Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi (INL)
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu
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Recent Updates on High-Fidelity Multiphysics Microreactors Modeling Using MOOSE-based Applications
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Yinbin Miao (ANL), Ahmed Abdelhameed (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Soon K. Lee (ANL), Lander Ibarra (ANL), Adam Kraus (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Nicolas Stauff (ANL), Christopher Matthews (LANL)
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Multiphysics Framework Comparison for a Liquid Metal Microreactor
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Samuel Garcia (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mohammad A. Allaf (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Isaac Naupa (Penn State), Lewis I. Gross (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Neutronic and Depletion Analyses of the Demonstration LFR
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Malak Bani-Melhem (Univ. New Mexico), Osman Anderoglu (Univ. New Mexico), Christopher M. Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico), Ragai Altamimi (ORNL)
Running-in Phase Analysis for Generic Pebble-Bed Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (FHR)
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Junsu Kang (Kairos Power), Fanny Vitullo (Kairos Power), Nader Satvat (Kairos Power)
Initial NaNuC Neutronics Code-to-Code Comparisons for MSRs with SCALE, Serpent, and OpenMC
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Soha Aslam (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Harrison Reisinger (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
