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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Latest News
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|Panel|Sponsored by YMG
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|8:00–9:45AM CDT|Chicago Ballroom E
Session Chair:
Yu-Jou Wang
Alternate Chair:
Evan S. Gonzalez
Session Organizer:
This panel is intended to follow up on a panel from the ANS Annual Conference in 2024, where we explored nuclear's role in strategic international relationships, and the challenges and success that the industry is seeing abroad. In this session, we're looking to expand on these topics and bring voices from international research collaborations, standards development, reactor construction projects. Some questions we'd like to explore are: How are these international collaborations first facilitated? How can young members go about getting involved in these efforts?
Xu Wu
NCSU
Nathan DeKett
GE
Sunil Chirayath
ORNL
Nelly Ngoy-Kubelwa
IAEA