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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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DOME: Legacy built, future ready
In 2019, a familiar landmark at Idaho National Laboratory was scheduled for demolition. Though striking for both its physical presence and its significance to nuclear history, the containment dome that once housed Experimental Breeder Reactor-II sat unused—that is, until INL realized its potential as a reactor testing facility.
Technical Session|Global Utilization of Nuclear Energy
Monday, August 17, 2026|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Promenade Ballroom C
Session Chair:
Amanda M. Bachmann (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Evaluation of Scenario for Resource Recovery from High-Level Radioactive Waste in Japan
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Takumi Abe (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Takanori Sugawara
Paper
Early Demonstration Scenario of Metal Fuel Cycle for Minor Actinide Recycling Using a Small Metal-Fueled Fast Reactor in Japan
1:20–1:40PM 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)
Transitioning to a Closed Fuel Cycle after Plutonium and Uranium MultiRecycling in Pressurized Water Reactors
1:40–2:00PM 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
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Jackson D. Keppen (NuScale Power LLC), Derick Botha (NuScale Power, LLC)
Developing a LWR multirecycling system
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Cécile Evans (Orano), Guillaume Vaast (EDF), Olivier Tougait (Framatome), François Sudreau (CEA)