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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which set an ambitious goal of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 5, 2021|1:20–3:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Sebastian Schunert (INL)
Session Organizers:
Benoit Forget (MIT)
William Wieselquist (ORNL)
Student Producer:
Nicholas Herring (Univ. of Michigan)
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Implementation of Generalized Incore Detector Responses in MPACT
1:20–1:45PM EDT
Erik Walker (ORNL), Shane Stimpson (ORNL), Benjamin Collins (ORNL), Andrew Godfrey (ORNL), James Eller (ORNL)
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Multi-Reactor, Multicycle Optimization of Core Reload Design for an SMR Power Plant
1:45–2:10PM EDT
Ben Lilley (Oregon State Univ.), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State Univ.)
Revisiting the Calculation of Non-Fundamental Flux Modes in a CANDU Reactor
2:10–2:35PM EDT
Alain Hebert (Polytechnique Montreal)
Innovative Multiple Energy Grid Deterministic Method to Treat Core-Reflector Interfaces
2:35–3:00PM EDT
Fiona Desplats (CEA), Pascal Archier (CEA), Jean-François Vidal (CEA), Jean-Marc Palau (CEA), Roland Lenain (CEA), Emiliano Masiello (CEA)
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