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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD|Cosponsored by FED
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|8:00–9:45AM CDT|Purdue/Wisconsin
Session Chair:
Lane B. Carasik
Alternate Chair:
Patrick Shriwise (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Elia Merzari
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A Federally Funded Five-year STEM Forward Training Program at Nevada National Security Sites
8:00–8:10AM CDT
Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay (Mission Support and Test Services), Paul Guss (Mission Support and Test Services), Ki Park (Mission Support and Test Services), Alexander Barzilov (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Woosoon Yim (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Paper
Overcoming Challenges in Industrial Integrated Project Delivery Implementation
8:10–8:20AM CDT
Bruce Burwell (PTAG), Akira T. Tokuhiro (Ontario Tech Library)
Need for Industrial Integrated Project Delivery Training to Manage New Nuclear Construction Challenges
8:20–8:30AM CDT
Akira T. Tokuhiro (Ontario Tech University), Bruce Burwell (PTAG), Michael Debreuil (PTAG), Mark Guy (PTAG), Claudia Xavier (PTAG)
Coordinated Research Projects and Related IAEA Activities on Fast Reactor Technology
8:30–8:40AM CDT
Nicole Virgili (IAEA), Vladimir Kriventsev (IAEA)
Psychosocial Safety Climate Among Managers in Nuclear Energy Lightning Talk
8:40–8:50AM CDT
Jody Porter (Strategic Talent Solutions)
Tracer: Parametric Geometry Generation for Fusion Device Designs
8:50–9:00AM CDT
Katarzyna Borowiec (ORNL), Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL), Cami Collins (ORNL)
Functionally Graded Plasma Facing Component for a Magnetic Fusion Energy Device
9:00–9:10AM CDT
Luke Olson (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Colleen Hilla (Savannah River National Laboratory), Paul Rowell (Savannah River National Laboratory), Christopher S. Dandeneau (Savannah River National Laboratory), Adam Gootgeld (Savannah River National Laboratory), Holly Flynn (Savannah River National Laboratory), Alex Somers (Savannah River National Laboratory), Collin Malone (Savannah River National Laboratory), Dale Hitchcock (Savannah River National Laboratory), Guru Dinda (Savannah River National Laboratory), Dilpuneet Aidhy (Clemson University)
OpenMC Model Inspection and Visualization Capabilities
9:10–9:20AM CDT
Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL), Paul K. Romano (ANL), Kalin Kiesling (ANL), Gavin Ridley (Aalo Atomics)
CrAl/Al2O3 Multilayer as an Effective Tritium/Hydrogen Barrier
9:20–9:30AM CDT
Sumit Bhattacharya (ANL), Chase N. Taylor (INL), Thomas F. Fuerst (INL), Nathan Gehmlich (Purdue Univ.), Wei-Ying Chen (ANL), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL)
The Challenges of Measuring Power Production in Fusion Reactor
9:30–9:40AM CDT
Michael J. Loughlin (ORNL)
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