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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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LLNL, Ampera partner to develop thorium-based TRISO fuel
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has formed a strategic partnership with Ampera to develop the company’s nuclear fuel concept through a project named THUNDER, for Thorium Unimodal Droplet Ejection for Reactors.
The focus of THUNDER is fabricating TRISO made with kernels of thorium rather than the usual uranium. LLNL and Ampera will evaluate and optimize liquid metal–jetting technology to produce highly uniform, spherical kernels of thorium-232 for later processing into TRISO fuel.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Monday, June 16, 2025|3:15–5:15PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom F
Session Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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Regulatory Challenges and Potential Path Forward for Integrating Advanced Cybersecurity in Nuclear Reactors
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Fraser Dougall (Sandia), Titus Gray (Sandia), Benjamin Karch (Sandia), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia)
Paper
On the Control of Nonlinear Systems Using DIOD
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Tyler Lewis (Purdue Univ.), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)
Development of a Physical Reactor Loop Testbed for Cybersecurity
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Max Goddard (Georgia Tech), Jacob Faile (Georgia Tech), Jackson Stahl (Georgia Tech)
A QRNG-Based Quantum Cryptography Testbed for Secure Nuclear Reactor Monitoring
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Vasileios Theos (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Implementing Complementary Defensive Strategies in Defensive Cybersecurity Architectures
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Lee T. Maccarone (Sandia), Jenna deCastro (Sandia), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia)
Integrity Enhancing Protocols: Performance and Recommendations for Nuclear Systems
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Romuald Valme (Sandia), Adam Beauchaine (Sandia), Minami Tanaka (Sandia), Chris Lamb (Sandia)