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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
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Miami/Scottsdale
Session Chair:
Hyun Gook Kang
Alternate Chair:
Carol S. Smidts
Session Organizer:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
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The Technical, Economic, Risk, and Adoption Assessment for Evaluating Innovation Projects in the Nuclear Industry
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Ryan M. Spangler (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
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Paper Digital I&C Modernization Experience
10:20–10:40AM CDT
J. Pflugbeil (Framatome, Erlangen, Germany), Christine Bürger (Framatome, Erlangen, Germany), R. Heinesch (Framatome, Erlangen, Germany)
Presented by Taha Andelnaeem (Framatome)
Intelligent Algorithms for Soft Sensing: Current Trends and Future Prospects for Real-Time Digital Twin Systems
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Farid Ahmed (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Samrendra Roy (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sajedul Talukder (University of Texas EL Paso), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Towards a Policy Framework for Semi-Autonomous, Highly Automated, Remotely Operated(SAHARO) Nuclear Reactors
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Aidan Hallinan (MIT)
Joint Optimization of Nuclear System Inspection and Repair Planning to Reduce Maintenance Cost and Increase System Availability
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Yunfei Zhao (Univ. Maryland), Joseph O'Leary (Univ. Maryland), Mohamed Nassar (Univ. Maryland)