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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
Tuesday, September 16, 2025|8:00–9:40AM CDT|Grand Salon AB
Session Chair:
Michael Zerkle (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Alternate Chair:
Ashley Raster (Sandia)
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Validation of Modern Nuclear Data Processing in SCALE
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Jesse M. Brown (ORNL), Travis M. Greene (ORNL), Jordan McDonnell (ORNL), Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Cihangir Celik (ORNL)
Paper
Neutron Transmission Measurements in Support of the Validation of the ENDF/B-VIII.1 Heavy Paraffinic Oil TSL
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Adam Daskalakis (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Devin Barry (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Michael Rapp (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Brian Epping (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Amelia Trainer (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Michael Zerkle (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Quantification of Integral Benchmark Sensitivities to 1D and 2D Thermal Scattering Cross Sections
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Jordan McDonnell (ORNL), Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Iyad Al-Qasir (ORNL)
Temperature-Dependent Benchmark Testing for H2O and D2O Using Experiments Performed with the New IPEN/MB-01 Setup
9:00–9:10AM CDT
Luiz Leal (ORNL), Adimir dos Santos (ORNL), Travis Greene (ORNL), Mathieu Dupont (ORNL), Kemal Remic (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL), Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian (ERIC), Vaibhav Jaiswal (ASNR), Ulysses D'Utra Bitelli (IPEN/CNEN-SP), Mitsuo Yamaguchi (IPEN/CNEN-SP), Hugo Rodrigues Landim (IPEN/CNEN-SP), Fernando de Castro Junqueira (IPEN/CNEN-SP), Gregorio Soares de Sousa (IPEN/CNEN-SP), Michelangelo Durazzo (IPEN/CNEN-SP), Elita Urano (IPEN/CNEN-SP)
