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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|Multi-Scale, Multi-Physics Simulations
Wednesday, April 30, 2025|10:00–11:40AM MDT|E.P. Ensley A
Session Chair:
Elliott Biondo (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Mauricio Tano (INL)
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Coupling of Serpent, SUBCHANFLOW and SuperFINIX for Transient Simulations
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Riku Tuominen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Ville Valtavirta (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Paper
Coupled Neutronics and Thermal Hydraulics Simulations of a BWR Fuel Channel in the Version5 Environment
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Raphael Guasch (Polytechnique Montréal), Clément Huet (Polytechnique Montréal), Alain Hébert (Polytechnique Montréal), Cédric Béguin (Polytechnique Montréal), Guy Marleau (Polytechnique Montréal)
Application of Expanded Transfer Functions for Predicting Two-Group Macroscopic Cross Sections in a 3D Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Core
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Bailey Painter (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
Serpent - BISON - THM Preliminary Multiphysics Modeling of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System Fuel Assembly
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Isaac Naupa (INL), Stefano Terlizzi (Penn State), Mark DeHart (INL)
