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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
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10:30AM–12:10PM MDT
Panel|Twin Falls Room
Session Chair: Todd Tofil|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
Boise Room
Session Chair: Kelsa B. Palomares|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Idaho Falls Room
Session Chair: Harold Gerrish|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
1:30–3:10PM MDT
Session Chair: Sebastian C. Corbisiero|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Session Chair: Michael C. Miller|Alternate Chair: Sebastian C. Corbisiero
Session Chair: Kurt Polzin
3:45–5:25PM MDT
Session Chair: Christofer E. Whiting|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck|Alternate Chair: Katey E. Lenox
Twin Falls Room
Session Chair: Michael G. Houts|Alternate Chair: Kurt Polzin
Session Chair: Justin Coleman|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: Jean-Pierre Fleurial|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Andrew L. Presby|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Pattrick Calderoni|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Session Chair: Chadwick D. Barklay|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Michael G. Houts|Alternate Chairs: Kurt Polzin, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Katey E. Lenox|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Jean-Pierre Fleurial|Alternate Chairs: Austen D. Fradeneck, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: Aditya Shivprasad|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Session Chair: David I. Poston|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Robert C. O'Brien|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: Ethan Chaleff|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Kurt Polzin|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: Thierry Caillat|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Lee S. Mason|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Session Chair: Robert C. O'Brien|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Youssef A. Ballout|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
