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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.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE 2026)
Technical Session|1. Fusion Pilot Plant Studies
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|1:15–3:00PM MDT|Grand Ballroom 2
Session Chair:
Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Track Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Brian Grierson (General Atomics)
Session Organizer:
Thomas Fuerst (INL)
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Introduction to the FIRE Blanket Collaborative on Test Facilities (FIRE-BCTF)
1:15–1:35PM MDT
Monica Gehrig (ORNL), Paul W. Humrickhouse (Type One Energy)
Paper
Plasma-Facing Component development under the SWIFT-PFCs (Solution-Oriented Workflow for Integrated Fusion Technology in Plasma-Facing Components) FIRE collaborative
1:35–1:55PM MDT
Ezekial Unterberg (ORNL), Mary Alice Cusentino (Sandia), Tyler Abrams (General Atomics), Travis Gray (ORNL), Yutai Katoh (ORNL), Robert Kolasinski (Sandia), Ian McCue (Northwestern Univ.), David Sprouster (Brookhaven), Jason Trelewicz (Stony Brook Univ.), Brian D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
FIRE Collaborative: Advancing the Maturity of Liquid Metal (LM) Plasma Facing Materials and First Wall Concepts
1:55–2:15PM MDT
Rajesh Maingi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
FIRE Collaborative: Neutron-Irradiation-Tolerant REBCO Tapes for Compact Fusion
2:15–2:35PM MDT
Venkat Selvamanickam (Univ. Houston)
Early Progress from the FIRE Collaborative on Fusion Neutrons for Integrated Blanket Technology Development Through Advanced Testing and Design
2:35–2:55PM MDT
Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Juliana Pacheco Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Dan Thomas (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Cary Forest (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Hantang Qin (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Paul Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Oliver Schmitz (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Hasnaa Ouidadi (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Sara Ferry (MIT), Gabriel Becerra (SHINE), Craig Jacobson (Realta Fusion), Diana Grandas (EPRI), Chloe David (Rockwell Automation)