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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|Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Wednesday, April 30, 2025|10:00–11:40AM MDT|Horace Tabor
Session Chair:
Ben Whewell (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
Chris Brady (NCSU)
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Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Martin Desombre
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Harmonic Analysis of a Repositioning Plan Optimization Problem
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Martin Desombre (Univ. Littoral Cote d'Opale), Baptiste Magnaudet (CEA), Jean-Michel Do (CEA), Jean Fromentin (Univ. Littoral Cote d'Opale), Sébastien Verel (Univ. Littoral Cote d'Opale)
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Sequential Optimal Experimental Design for Efficient Learning of Reduced Order Models with Application to Microreactor Pin Powers
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan), Nazmul Hossain (Univ. Michigan), Dean Price (Univ. Michigan)
Physics-Informed ML using RAPID for Predicting Eigenvalue and 3-D Fission Distribution in JSI TRIGA Mark-II Research Reactor
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Timothy Franck (Virginia Tech), Alireza Haghighat (Virginia Tech), Luka Snoj (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Designing Energy Discretisations Using a Genetic Algorithm for Sensitivity Studies in Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors Using a Genetic Algorithm
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Emilie Delvaux (Université libre de Bruxelles), Federico Grimaldi (Université libre de Bruxelles), Nicoló Abrate (Politecnico di Torino), Alex Aimetta (Politecnico di Torino), Mattia Massone (ENEA), Victor J. Casas-Molina (SCK CEN), Antonin Krása (SCK CEN), Pierre-Etienne Labeau (Université libre de Bruxelles)
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