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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Aalo Atomics achieves criticality on July 4
Executive Order 14301 set an ambitious goal for at least three test reactors to achieve criticality by July 4. Two private companies participating in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program—Antares and Valar Atomics—reached this stage earlier in June, and Deployable Energy—participating in the DOE's Nuclear Energy Launch Pad—became the third last week.
In the last few weeks, reports indicated that Aalo would be next, reaching criticality at Idaho National Laboratory with a low-enriched uranium–fueled, sodium-cooled reactor on or near the target date set forth by President Trump’s EO 14301. In the early hours of July 4, Aalo’s critical test reactor—a full-scale zero-power version of its planned 10-MWe Aalo-X—did just that, becoming the fourth DOE-authorized reactor to hit the milestone.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by YMG
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Eric G. Meyer (Generation Atomic)
Alternate Chair:
Timothy M. Crook
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
David Strutz (ANS)
The purpose of this session is to make the case why ANS members should consider running for elected office, and then give them a grounding in what that requires, drawing on lessons from actual elected officials. This diverse group of STEM professionals turned politicians will also discuss the ways elected officials can contribute to a positive future for nuclear technology, how to file the necessary paperwork needed to begin your campaign, and what the campaign experience is like as an outsider to traditional political circles. Featuring: Rep. Angela Moore, a Biologist from Georgia's 90th District Mr. Nicholas Kapoor, Mathematician, Candidate for Connecticut's 112th. Ms. Blakely Lockhart, Neuroscientist in Virginia's 56th District.
Blakely Lockhart
Candidate for Virginia Delegate
Nick Kapoor
Connecticut member of House of Representatives
Angela Moore
Georgia member of House of Representatives
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