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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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In transition: Commercializing fusion power
Commercial fusion power is closer than ever. There are now around 30 U.S. fusion companies, several of which claim to be on track to connect to the grid as early as the 2030s.
Tokamak and laser inertial confinement approaches benefit from decades of research at facilities such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and ITER, with alternative concepts including stellarator, magnetic mirror, and Z-pinch confinement also making notable progress as private and government funding for fusion increases.
Technical Session|Reactor Physics (RPD)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Governor's Square 14
Session Chair:
Valerio Mascolino (Colorado School of Mines)
Alternate Chairs:
Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)
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HALEU Five-Fuel-Assembly Micro-Reactor in Once-through Operation Cycle Performance Assessment
1:00–1:20PM MDT
John D. Bess (JFoster and Associates, LLC), Gray S. Chang (JFoster and Associates, LLC), Julie Foster
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Bridging Microreactor Design and Economics: The Microreactor Optimization Using Simulation And Economics (MOUSE) Tool
1:20–1:40PM MDT
Botros N. Hanna (INL)
On the Impact of Depletion Zoning and Fuel Homogenization on Heat Pipe Cooled Microreactors Reactivity and Lifetime
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Reham Abdelnasser (Penn State), Stefano Terlizzi (Penn State - Ken and Mary Alice Linquist Department of Nuclear Engineering)
Assessing Reactivity Impacts of Control and Reflector Supercells in Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors
2:00–2:20PM MDT
MOHAMED NASSER (Georgia Tech), Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology - 770 State Street)
Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis of Thermal Property Changes in a Heat-Pipe Microreactor Using MOOSE
2:20–2:40PM MDT
Wafaa I. Osman (NCSU), Gregory K. Delipei (NCSU), Maria N. Avramova (NCSU)
