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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Nuclear is ready now
Michael Goff
I don’t think we’ve ever had a busier year in the Office of Nuclear Energy, and it’s probably been decades since we’ve had this much momentum within the overall U.S. nuclear industry.
President Trump and Energy Secretary Wright have made very clear the important role that nuclear must play in meeting our energy needs, and that’s well demonstrated by the four executive orders that the president signed [more than] 375 days ago. In nuclear, we’re now talking about days, not years.
Those EOs set a goal for the United States to quadruple the amount of nuclear that we have. We need to go from the 94 reactors that we have operating right now, which generate roughly 100 gigawatts of electricity, to 400 gigawatts by 2050.
Technical Session|Fission Surface Power/Nuclear Electric Propulsion
Thursday, May 9, 2024|10:00–11:40AM MDT|Sweeney B
Session Chair:
Scott Wilson
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
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Armored Lightweight Heat Rejection Radiator for Lunar Surface Nuclear Reactor Power Systems
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Timothy M. Schriener (Univ. New Mexico), Mohamed S. El-Genk (Univ. New Mexico)
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Overview of Advanced Stirling Convertor Dual Convertor Controller Development and Testing at NASA Glenn Research Center
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Gina Dugala (NASA Glenn Research Center), Donguk Max Yang (NASA Glenn Research Center), Michael Casciani (HX5)
Interim Evaluation of State-of-the-Art Controllers for Low-Power Stirling Generators for Space Applications
10:50–11:15AM MDT
Donguk Max Yang (NASA Glenn Research Center), Christopher B. Barth (NASA Glenn Research Center), Michael Casciani (HX-5)
Characterization of a 50W Tuned Inductance Linear Alternator and Controller
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Luis A. Rodriguez (NASA Glenn Research Center), Michael R. Casciani (HX-5), Scott D. Wilson (NASA Glenn Research Center), Ronald J. Leibach (NASA Glenn Research Center), Matthew D. Stang (NASA Glenn Research Center)
