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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Second round of Launch Pad selections includes eight newcomers
The National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory has announced 13 project selections across 12 companies for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, a Department of Energy–led program that integrates reactor and fuel facility authorization, testing, and deployment support for private nuclear developers.
The Launch Pad emerged from the Reactor Pilot Program and Fuel Line Pilot Program.
According to INL, projects selected include reactor development and nuclear fuel cycle advancements, including fabrication, enrichment, and conversion technologies.
Technical Session|Reprocessing and Fuel Conditioning
Wednesday, August 19, 2026|3:30–5:15PM CDT|Grand Ballroom A
Session Chairs:
Candido Pereira (ANL)
Gabriel Hall (PNNL)
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Solvent extraction of actinides with tri-n-butyl phosphate using multistage centrifugal contactors in mixed oxide fuel cycle
3:30–3:50PM CDT
Masaumi Nakahara (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Takehiko Sato (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yuichi Sano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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Engineering Scale Demonstarion Tests of Extraction Chromatography System for MA(III) Recovery
3:50–4:10PM CDT
Yasufumi Shimose (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kenta Hasegawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Ichiro Goto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Sou Watanabe (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Masahiro Nakamura (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yuichi Sano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Masayuki Takeuchi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Contribution and challenges of numerical simulation for the deployment of new nuclear fuel recycling units: the case of solvent extraction
4:10–4:30PM CDT
Sophie Charton (CEA), Fabrice Lamadie (CEA), Sylvain Costenoble (CEA), Tojonirina Randriamanantena (CEA), Clément Berthinier (CEA), Vincent Vanel (CEA), Hervé Roussel (CEA)
Group Actinide Separation Process (GrASP)
4:30–4:50PM CDT
Artem V. Gelis (Radiochemistry Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Logan Smith (University of Nevada Las Vegas), Quinn Summerfield (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Separation of Ln/An using two extraction-back extraction steps of TODGA-DTBA and ADAAM-DTBA
4:50–5:10PM CDT
Yuji Sasaki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Masahiko Matsumiya (Yokohama National University), Masashi Kaneko (The University of Osaka), Yasutoshi Ban (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yoshihiro Kitatsuji (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yuki Ueda (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yuta Kumagai (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)