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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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DOE contract boosts Centrus’s HALEU goals as Urenco continues LEU expansion
In the latest twist in a long-term, multistep contracting arrangement with the Department of Energy, Centrus Energy has signed a contract to finalize terms of a $900 million DOE task order to expand production capacity for high-assay low-enriched uranium at its American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio. The expansion is part of Centrus’s multibillion-dollar capacity expansion that also includes low-enriched uranium.
The new DOE award allows the company to transition its HALEU production cascade to a commercial-scale operation at Piketon. The contract also includes options for as much $170 million in HALEU purchases for DOE missions, for a total contract value of $1.07 billion. Those options are subject to the discretion of DOE.
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)
