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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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EnCore receives BLM authorization for dormant uranium project
EnCore Energy announced on June 18 that the Bureau of Land Management issued a final decision and approved the Dewey Burdock uranium project, authorizing the company to begin construction for the uranium in situ recovery project in southwestern South Dakota.
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)