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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.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE 2026)
Technical Session|4. Fusion Materials
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Tower C
Session Chair:
Andrea Lehn-Bradshaw (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Session Organizer:
Thomas Fuerst (INL)
Track Organizer:
Lane Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Evaluation of Ceramic First-Wall Material Candidates for Magneto-Inertial Fusion Generators
3:15–3:35PM MDT
Luca Cappelli (Oak Ridge Associated Univs.), Tessa Van Volkenburg (Helion Energy), Ria Meston (Helion Energy)
Paper
Evaluation of Bulk W-Ti Alloys Under Thermal and Deuterium Plasma Extremes
3:35–3:55PM MDT
Eric J. Lang (Univ. New Mexico)
Recrystallization Analysis of the Helium-Cooled Tungsten T-tube Divertor
3:55–4:15PM MDT
Michael L. Lanahan (SciTec), James P. Blanchard (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Said I. Abdel-Khalik (Georgia Tech), Minami Yoda (Michigan State)
Materials Development Progress for the First ARC™ Fusion Power Plant
4:15–4:35PM MDT
Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Amit Behera (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Trevor Clark (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Cody Dennett (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Andrea Lehn-Bradshaw (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Xiang Chen (ORNL), Jaime Marian (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Michael P. Short (MIT), Vijay Vasudevan (Univ. North Texas), Gary S. Was (Univ. Michigan), Brian D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
