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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 THD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom A
Session Chair:
Drew Ryan (NNL)
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Optical and Neutron Imaging Measurements of Gas Bubble Rise Velocity in Molten Salt
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Daniel Orea (ORNL), Kevin R. Robb (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL), James Torres (ORNL), Yuxuan Zhang (ORNL), Molly Ross (Purdue Univ.)
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Bubble Injector for Molten Salt Surrogate Fluid
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Courts H. Breeden (Virginia Polyechnic Inst & State University), Yang Liu (Virginia Tech)
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Analyzing Two-phase Frictional Pressure Losses in Horizontal and Vertical Straight Pipes
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Alicja Stoppel (Purdue Univ.), Zhengting Quan (Purdue Univ.), Adam J. Dix (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)
Exploratory Experiments for Local Parameter Variations in Inclined Two-phase Flows
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Adam J. Dix (Purdue Univ.), David H. Kang (Purdue Univ.), Alicja Stoppel (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)
Experimental Study of Upward Annular Two-Phase Flow
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Peter Iascone (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Yang Liu (Virginia Tech)
