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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|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Promenade Ballroom B
Session Chair:
Logan M. Scott (ORNL)
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Microreactor Deployment Strategies: Fuel Cycle Synergies and Supply Chain Challenges
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Dandara Araujo da Silva (International Atomic Energy Agency), Anzhelika Khaperskaia (International Atomic Energy Agency)
Paper
Spherical Reactor Geometry in Micro-High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors with Composite Moderating Materials
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Donald L. Doyle (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Jason Trelewicz (Stony Brook University)
Assessment of Fuel Cycle Strategies for the Mizton Multipurpose Fast Microreactor
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Juan Luis Francois (UNAM), Emiliano Morones-García (UNAM)
Enabling Reactor Monitoring through Ex-Core Neutron Detection
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Ming Fang (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Alvin J. Lee (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Bruce Beaumont (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Anshuman Chaube (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Harun Ardiansyah (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Keenan Harvis (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Timothy Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Caleb S. Brooks (University of Illinois), Tomasz Kozlowski (University of Illinois), Angela Di Fulvio (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
Transport Security for Microreactors
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Yung Y. Liu (ANL), B. Craig (ANL), Zenghu Han (ANL)