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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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A closer look at the initial NLIC selections—Part 2
In January, the Department of Energy announced its new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus (NLIC) program, inviting states via a request for information to express their interest in hosting a facility supporting work from the front to the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle.
By April, 26 states had expressed interest in hosting such a facility. At the end of July, the DOE signed memorandums of understanding with five states—Idaho, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Utah—to more closely explore the possibilities of state-federal partnerships. These MOUs are not firm commitments from either the federal or state governments. Time will tell which—if any—of the five states develop projects through the program. In the meantime, today, we are taking a close look at what Utah, Idaho, Tennessee can offer in terms of a preexisting nuclear sector that could support new fuel cycle developments.
Technical Session|Depletion Analysis Methods
Wednesday, April 30, 2025|10:00–11:40AM MDT|Molly Brown
Session Chair:
Jean-Christophe Sublet (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
Alternate Chair:
Rodolfo M. Ferrer (Studsvik)
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SMR Core Depletion and Spent Fuel Characterization with Nodal Code Ants
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Topias Kähkönen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Paper
Verification of CASMO5 for Higher Enrichment and High Burnup Lattice Physics Analyses
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Petri Forslund Guimarães (Studsvik), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik), Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik)
Research Reactor Core Loading Optimization: Enabling Machine Learning Applications by Employing Surrogate Models
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Julia Bartos (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), Benjaminas Marcinkevicius (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), Bernard Erasmus (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), Christian Fedon (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), Edo Frederix (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group)
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Bayesian Optimization for PWR-Core Loading Pattern Optimization
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Zhou Yuancheng (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Li Yunzhao (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Wu Hongchun (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Wei Shen (Conexus Nuclear Inc.)
