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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|3:15–4:55PM MDT|Lawrence A
Session Chair:
Rabab R. Elzohery (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Tech)
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High-fidelity Pebble Bed Reactor Depletion Based on Pebble Tracking Transport in Griffin
3:15–3:40PM MDT
Yaqi Wang (INL), Joshua Hanophy (INL), Javier Ortensi (INL), Namjae Choi (INL)
Paper
Numerical Method Improvements in Griffin for Pebble Bed Reactors with a Focus on the Computation of Burnup
3:40–4:05PM MDT
Joshua Hanophy (INL), Paolo Balestra (INL), Rodrigo de Oliveira (INL)
Accounting for Self-Shielding Effects in Advanced Inventory Simulation, Using Probability Table, Universal Curve Methods
4:05–4:30PM MDT
Jean-Christophe Sublet (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), Mark Gilbert (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
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Fast Burnup Calculation Method Based on Neutron Spectrum Reconstruction with Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Regression Model
4:30–4:55PM MDT
Tomoaki Watanabe (JAEA), Naoto Aizawa (Tohoku Univ.), Go Chiba (Hokkaido Univ.), Kenichi Tada (JAEA), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.)