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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
Wednesday, August 19, 2026|3:30–5:15PM CDT|Promenade Ballroom C
Session Chair:
Matthew J. Nyberg (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Quantifying Cost Drivers and Uncertainties in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Scenarios through Integrated Modeling
3:30–3:50PM CDT
Yves Robert (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Eva E. Davidson (ORNL), Nathan Ryan (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Amanda M. Bachmann (ANL), Taek Kyum Kim (ANL), Scott Richards (ANL), Jia Zhou (ANL)
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Updated verification of Cyclus and NMB fuel cycle simulators
3:50–4:10PM CDT
Amanda M. Bachmann (ANL), Kenji Nishihara (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Scott Richards (ANL), Takumi Abe (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Bo Feng (ANL)
PROMISES OF THORIUM NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE VERSUS URANIUM BASED FUEL CYCLE -POSSIBILITIES AND PROSPECTS
4:10–4:30PM CDT
PRADIP DE (Krishi-O-Jalasampad Unnayan Society)
Development of a transmutation data repository
4:30–4:50PM CDT
Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven), Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Ben Shu (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Evaluation of Scenario for Resource Recovery from High-Level Radioactive Waste in Japan
4:50–5:10PM CDT
Takumi Abe (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Takanori Sugawara
