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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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A closer look at NRC’s proposed rule eliminating ALARA
On July 1, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed removing the “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA) principle from its radiation protection regulations and replacing it with a graded approach. The agency also proposed increases to effluent dose limits and adjusting how it handles allowances for exceeding dose limits.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE 2026)
Technical Session|10. Special Sessions
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Grand Ballroom 2
Session Chair:
Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Arpan Sircar
Session Organizer:
Thomas Fuerst (INL)
Track Organizer:
Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Nested Pebble Bed Blanket (NesPeB)
3:15–3:35PM MDT
Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL), Vineet Kumar (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Ragai Altamimi (ORNL), Katarzyna Borowiec (ORNL), Arpan Sircar (ORNL)
Paper
CORTEX: Accelerating Fusion Materials Development with OpenMC and Sirepo
3:35–3:55PM MDT
Tomás Mallmann Paganin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL), Stephen Coleman (RadiaSoft), Rob Nagler (RadiaSoft), Paul Moeller (RadiaSoft), Garrett Cole (Colorado State), Jason C. Quinn (Colorado State), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
CORTEX: Assessing Cost of Fusion Materials with Design-for-Manufacture Methodologies
3:55–4:15PM MDT
Garrett M. Cole (Colorado State), Tomás Mallmann Paganin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL), Stephen Coleman (RadiaSoft), Jason C. Quinn (Colorado State), Robert Nagler (RadiaSoft)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Development and Deployment of Fission-Fusion Hybrid Systems at the Kilowatt and Megawatt Scales
4:15–4:35PM MDT
Ross F. Radel (SHINE Technologies), Eric J. Edwards (SHINE Technologies), Matthew Nyberg (SHINE Technologies)
Preconceptual Design of A Zap Energy Sheared-Flow Stabilized Z-Pinch Fusion Pilot Plant
4:35–4:55PM MDT
Alex H. Cheung (Zap Energy)