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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|Sponsored by FCWMD
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Santa Monica
Session Chair:
Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett (Booz Allen Hamilton/ARPA-E)
The inventory of spent fuel located at independent spent fuel storage installations across the US continues to increase. An understanding of the technical aspects of spent fuel storage is important as the U.S. seeks to manage this inventory. Additionally, the eventual transport of spent fuel to either a consolidated interim storage facility or a permanent disposal facility must also be well understood. This session covers all aspects of spent fuel storage and transportation, including routing of transportation casks and the design and manufacture of storage and/or transportation casks.
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Route Readiness Elements in a Large-Scale Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation System
Kevin J. Connolly (ORNL), Lauren S. Rodman (PNNL), Matthew R. Feldman (PNNL)
Paper
Conceptual Design of Additive Manufacturing Based Honeycomb Geometry for Impact Limiters
Michael Smith (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Sven Bader (Orano), Brad Crotts (Orano), Yesim Sireli (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte)
Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Dry Storage Canisters of Spent Nuclear Fuels
Bryant Kanies (NCSU), Ilia Ivanov (ORNL), Mohamed Bourham (NCSU), Cheng Sun (INL), Ge Yang (NCSU)
A Study of Microstructural Evolution and Indentation Characteristics in Laser Shock Peened AISI 304L Stainless Steel
Sesily Stewart (Univ. Idaho), Indrajit Charit (Univ. Idaho), Merbin John (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Alessandro Ralls (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Manoranjan Misra (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Pradeep L. Menezes (Univ. Nevada, Reno)
