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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 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 (SRNL), Colleen Hilla (SRNL), Paul Rowell (SRNL), Christopher S. Dandeneau (SRNL), Adam Gootgeld (SRNL), Holly Flynn (SRNL), Alex Somers (SRNL), Collin Malone (SRNL), Dale Hitchcock (SRNL), Guru Dinda (SRNL), Dilpuneet Aidhy (Clemson Univ.)
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)
