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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Droughts, wildfires continue to impact power plants in Europe
The effects of this summer’s historic heatwave continue to be felt across Europe. Soaring temperatures and drought in the region have led to elevated river temperatures, low river levels, and wildfires, which have significantly impacted nuclear power plants across the continent.
France’s Electricité de France has reported elevated river temperatures which have forced production cuts, including recent cuts at Golfech, and nuclear power plants in Hungary, Romania, and the United Kingdom, have faced exceptional challenges in recent days.
Technical Session|Fuel Cycle and Waste Management (FCWMD)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Governor's Square 10
Session Chair:
Amanda Leong (Virginia Tech)
Alternate Chairs:
Kaushik Banerjee (INL)
Haiyan Zhao (Univ. Idaho)
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Model for Predicting Molten Chloride Salt Corrosion with the Addition of a Reducing Element
1:00–1:20PM MDT
Matthew Fierro-McCarthy (Georgia Tech), Shreeya Yara (Georgia Tech), Preet M. Singh (Georgia Tech), Chaitanya S. Deo (Georgia Tech)
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Corrosion Compatibility of Type 304H Stainless Steel and Candidate Alloys in Static Molten FLiBe: Role of Redox Potential
1:20–1:40PM MDT
Rishi Pillai (ORNL), Debashish Sur (ORNL), Severine Cambier (Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Adam Willoughby (Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Tracie Lowe (Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Corrosion and Creep Degradation of Structural Alloys in Static Molten Halide Environments Relevant to Molten Salt Reactors
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Debashish Sur, Rishi Pillai, Severine Cambier (Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Adam Willoughby (Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Tracie Lowe (Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Continued Development of a Molten Salt Thermal Conductivity Model Informed by the Pair Distribution Function
2:00–2:20PM MDT
Isaac Walker (Brigham Young Univ.), Jacob C. Numbers, Anthony Birri (ORNL), Matthew Emerson (Brookhaven), Troy Munro (Brigham Young Univ.), James Wishart (Brookhaven)
Development of Thermal Performance Envelopes of a Liquid-Fueled Molten Salt Reactor
2:20–2:40PM MDT
Dilan Kurukulasuriya (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Stephen T. Lam (University of Massachusetts at Lowell)