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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
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Chicago Ballroom G
Session Chair:
Anna Hall
Alternate Chair:
Jari O. Laarni
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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Adapting the Nuclear Industry to an Ageing Workforce
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Grace Routledge (Assystem)
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Modernizing the Nuclear Industry and New Ways of Working
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Zachary Spielman (INL), Asgeir Drøivoldsmo (Institute for Energy Technology), Trond Lilleng (Institute for Energy Technology), Jason Remer (INL)
Digital Transformation for the Existing Fleet: Where to Start?
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Anna Hall (INL), Michelle Velazquez (Idaho State Univ.), Ryan Spangler (INL), Patrick Murray (EQRPI Inc), Zachary Spielman (INL), Jeffrey Joe (INL)
Development of a Human Factors Engineering Maturity Method for the Nuclear Domain
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Jari Laarni (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Principles Emerging from Control Room Modernization Planning
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Stephen J. Kenney (BCP Engineers & Consultants), Tyrone S. Tonkinson (NA)