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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|Waste Management
Monday, August 17, 2026|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Grand Ballroom A
Session Chair:
Tania Rivas
Alternate Chair:
Ramon M. Pulido
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Recriticality Analysis in Accidental Scenarios for PWR and BWR Casks
1:00–1:20PM CDT
García-Baonza R (CIEMAT), Alvarez-Velarde F (CIEMAT), Panizo Prieto S (CIEMAT), Martinez Moreno P (CIEMAT)
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Implementing a Protocol for Evaluating In-situ the Behavior of UO2-based Nuclear Fuels under Dry Interim Storage Conditions
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Jone M. Elorrieta (CIEMAT), Abel Milena-Pérez (CIEMAT), Sergio Fernández-Carretero (CIEMAT), Luis Gutiérrez-Nebot (CIEMAT), Iván Sánchez-García (CIEMAT), Nieves Rodríguez-Villagra (CIEMAT), Hitos Galán (CIEMAT)
Decay Heat Characterization for Different Nuclear Data Libraries using CASMO5
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Sofia Portolan (PSI), Dimitri Rochman (Nagra), Julien Taforeau (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire et de radioprotection (ASNR)), Teodosi Simeonov (Studsvik Scandpower), Alexander Vasiliev (PSI), Andreas Pautz (PSI)
