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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|Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation
Tuesday, August 18, 2026|1:30–3:15PM CDT|Promenade Ballroom C
Session Chair:
Logan Scott (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Oluwatomi A. Akindele (LLNL)
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Advanced Reactor Safeguards and Security: A Changing Regulatory Landscape
1:30–1:50PM CDT
Benjamin B. Cipiti (Sandia)
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U.S. DOE/NE MPACT Program Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle Activities
1:50–2:10PM CDT
Michael Browne (LANL), Tansel Selekler (DOE Office of Nuclear Energy), Makayla Sanchez, Colin Carroll (BNL)
Development of IAEA Verification Parameters for HALEU as a Direct-Use Material
2:10–2:30PM CDT
Edwin S. Lyman (Union Of Concerned Scientists), Christopher Fichtlscherer (MIT)
Generic Design Recommendations to Improve Intrinsic Proliferation Resistance of Advanced Reactors
2:30–2:50PM CDT
Karen K. Hogue (ORNL), Sunil S. Chirayath (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), David Chandler, Thomas Hanlon (Y-12 National Security Complex)