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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Bills look to boost domestic uranium enrichment, move past Yucca Mountain
A pair of bills were introduced earlier this month in Congress that could modernize the licensing process for uranium enrichment facilities and repeal the law that designated Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the country’s nuclear waste repository.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuels and Actinide Materials
Tuesday, December 12, 2023|10:00–11:40AM CST|Galerie 3
Session Chair:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Track Organizers:
Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida)
Jian Gan (INL)
Alternate Chair:
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Influence of Corrosion Products and Impurities on the Behavior of Molten Salts In-Reactor
10:00–10:20AM CST
T.M. Besmann (Univ. South Carolina), J. Schorne-Pinto (Univ. South Carolina), M. Aziziha (Univ. South Carolina), J. Paz Soldan Palma (Univ. South Carolina), A.M. Mofrad (Univ. South Carolina), C.M. Dixon (Univ. South Carolina), R.E. Booth (Univ. South Carolina), J.A. Wilson (Univ. South Carolina), J. McFarlane (ORNL), M.E. Woods (INL), R. Gakhar (INL)
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Comprehensive Characterization of Microstructure Evolution and its Impact on Thermal Conductivity of Nuclear Fuel Surrogates
10:20–10:40AM CST
Marat Khafizov (Ohio State), Amey Khanolkar (INL), Kaustubh Bawane (INL), Miaomiao Jin (Penn State), Joshua Ferrigno (Ohio State), Saqeeb Adnan (Ohio State), Erika Nosal (Ohio State), Linu Malakka (INL), Boopathy Kombiah (INL), Anter el Azab (Purdue), Lingfeng He (NCSU), David Hurley (INL)
Manufacturing and Property Measurements of Homogeneous Simulated FP (Nd/Sm/Gd/Zr)-Doped MOX
10:40–11:00AM CST
Y. Horii (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), S. Hirooka (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), R. Vauchy (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), K. Hayashizaki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), H. Uno (Inspection Development Co.), T. Tamura (Inspection Development Co.), T. Sunaoshi (Inspection Development Co.), H. Ohwada (Inspection Development Co.), T. Yamada (Inspection Development Co.), T. Murakami (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Irradiated MOX Fuel: Study of Thermodynamic and Thermoelastic Properties
11:00–11:20AM CST
G. Porto (CEA), J. Bouchet (CEA), E. Bourasseau (CEA), Ph. Martin (CEA)
Pressureless AC Controlled Current-Rate Flash Sintering of (U,Ce)O2 Mixed Oxide Fuel Surrogates; Microstructural Analysis and Kinetic Model Refinement
11:20–11:40AM CST
J. Morgan (Univ. Manchester), S. Bostanchi (Lucideon), C. Green (Lucideon), D. Pearmain (Lucideon), D. Goddard (National Nuclear Laboratory), T. Abram (Univ. Manchester), N. Barron (Arup), R.W. Harrison (Univ. Manchester)
