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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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MIT professor develops method to verify compliance with Outer Space Treaty
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Areg Danagoulian of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is proposing a mechanism for verifying that Earth-orbiting satellites are in compliance with the Outer Space Treaty, which prohibits the placement of nuclear weapons in space. Danagoulian’s “concept and feasibility study,” titled “Verification of the Outer Space Treaty with cosmic protons,” was published recently in the journal Nature.
Technical Session|Advanced Reactors
Monday, August 17, 2026|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Promenade Ballroom B
Session Chair:
Claudio A. Gariazzo
Alternate Chair:
Andrew S. Hahn (Sandia)
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OpenMC Utilisation for the Generation of Cross-Section Data Libraries of Deterministic Codes
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Abdo Ez Aldeen (Univ. Liverpool), Dzianis Litskevich (Univ. Liverpool), Christopher Grove (UKNNL), Seddon Atkinson (UKNNL), Anna Detkina (Univ. Liverpool), Hasnain Gulzar (Univ. Liverpool)
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On the Nuclear Waste Footprint of Light Water SMRs: A Case Study
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Luigi Mercatali (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Douchka Dimitrijevic (École Centrale de Lyon), Sanchez-Espinoza H. Victor (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Marcus Seidl (PreussenElektra)
Handling the Consequences of Cladding Failure as part of the Cabri International Program
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Damien BONVALET (CEA), Frédéric Lèbre (CEA), Emmanuel Rieux (CEA)
Retrospective Analysis of BWR Core Design and Suggestions from CoreDesigner.ai
2:00–2:20PM CDT
M. Rizki Oktavian (Blue Wave AI Labs), Maria Berardi (Blue Wave AI Labs), Michael J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), Pete Mrvos (Blue Wave AI Labs), Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Phil McCalley (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jordan Heim (Blue Wave AI Labs), John T. Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan M. Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)
