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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 RRSD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Los Angeles
Session Chair:
William C. Eason (ANS)
Alternate Chair:
Adam J. Carroll
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Developing a Dual-Arm Gantry Digital Twin for Nuclear Waste Management with Isaac Sim
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Brian Archambault (ANL), Hamza Muzammal (ANL), Young S. Park (ANL)
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Planning & Execution of Complex Contact Tasks for Maintenance in Hazardous Environments
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Emmanuel Akita (Univ. Texas, Austin), Fabian Parra (Univ. Texas, Austin), Young Soo Park (ANL), Mitch W. Pryor (Univ. Texas, Austin)
InSitu: Task-Based Overlays for Enhancing Situational Awareness in Hazardous Teleoperation
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Emmanuel Akita (Univ. Texas, Austin), Guy Zaidner (Robotics Laboratory, Nuclear Research Center, Negev, Israel), Mitch W. Pryor (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Learning from Demonstration for Robotic Nuclear Waste Management: A DMP-Based Approach
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Hamza Muzammal (ANL), Joong-Ku Lee (KAIST), Young S. Park (ANL), Hyeonseok Choi (KAIST), Jeehwan Ryu (KAIST), Venugopal K. Varma (ORNL)