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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|Global Utilization of Nuclear Energy
Monday, August 17, 2026|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Promenade Ballroom C
Session Chair:
Amanda M. Bachmann (ANL)
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Early Demonstration Scenario of Metal Fuel Cycle for Minor Actinide Recycling Using a Small Metal-Fueled Fast Reactor in Japan
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Daisuke Watanabe (Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy, Ltd.), Sho Fuchita, Koji Fujimura (Hitachi, Ltd.), Hirotaka Nakahara (Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy, Ltd.), Tsuyoshi Murakami (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
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Transitioning to a Closed Fuel Cycle after Plutonium and Uranium MultiRecycling in Pressurized Water Reactors
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Aimeric Eustache (CEA), Christine Chabert (CEA Centre De Cadarache), François Sudreau (CEA), Cécile Evans Evans (Orano), Genevieve Kerboul (Orano), Marie-Pierre Delamare (Orano), Fréderic Laugier (EDF), Guillaume Vaast (EDF), Bertrand Carlier (Framatome), Olivier Tougait (Framatome)
NuScale’s Microreactor Technology Towards Advancing Safeguards, Waste Minimization, and Reducing Fuel Cost for Future Research Reactors
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Jackson D. Keppen (NuScale Power LLC), Derick Botha (NuScale Power, LLC)
Presented by Joey Burns (Nuscale Power, LLC)
Developing a LWR Multirecycling System
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Cécile Evans (Orano), Guillaume Vaast (EDF), Olivier Tougait (Framatome), François Sudreau (CEA)
Economic Assessment of Once-Through vs. Recycle Fuel Cycles in Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Edward A. Hoffman (ANL), Amanda M. Bachmann (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Cihang Lu, Zhaopeng Zhong (ANL)
