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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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LANL’s ZiaCore microreactor reaches criticality
Last week, Los Alamos National Laboratory announced that its ZiaCore microreactor was brought to zero-power criticality at high temperatures in April through May of this year during four weeks of experiments on the Deimos testbed at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC).
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom B
Session Chair:
Subash L. Sharma
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Xu Wu
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A Machine Learning Approach for Calculating Drift Velocity in Two-Phase Flow
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Tristan R. Villarreal (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ethan Rozak (Univ. Texas, Austin), Cole Gentry (Univ. Texas, Austin), Benjamin Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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Advancing Nuclear R&D with Large Language Models: Case Studies in Thermal Hydraulics, Simulation Workflows, and Education
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Yang Liu (TAMU), Zavier Ndum (TAMU), Abhiram Garimidi (TAMU), Zaid Abulawi (TAMU), Doyeong Lim (TAMU)
Deep Learning Based Accident Classification Method for Condition Monitoring of Heat Pipe Cooled Microreactors
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Ik Jae Jin (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Void Fraction Prediction in Upward and Downward Two-Phase Flows
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Davide Rotilio (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jacob Petersen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Robert K. Salko (ORNL), Xingang Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Developing Reduced-Order Models with Machine Learning for Gas Flow in Pebble Bed Reactors
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Dezhi Dai (ANL), Haoyu Wang (ANL), Haomin Yuan (ANL)