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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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The transformation of the NRC: 50 years of commissioners
The dust is beginning to settle following the whirlwind of changes at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission over the past year, and 2025 ultimately may be viewed as a transformative year, as well as the year the NRC celebrated its golden anniversary. The 12 months of that milestone year brought more change to the agency in its composition, its mandate, and its relationship to the executive branch than any comparable period in the preceding four decades.
Now at 51 years and counting, the NRC is working with a full commission and issuing new rulemakings to both regulate and support the next round of nuclear deployments. With the turbulence of 2025 still fresh in our minds, Nuclear News decided it was a good time to revisit the professional backgrounds of all 42 NRC commissioners who have served over the agency’s 50-year history to see how the composition of the commission has evolved over time.
Technical Session|Technology Research and Development
Tuesday, April 28, 2026|1:00–2:00PM EDT|Room 302/303/304
Session Chair:
Garrett Pohl
Alternate Chair:
Ron Faibish
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Oscillating Heat Pipes for Space Nuclear Power
1:00–1:06PM EDT
Alex Miller (ThermAvant Technologies)
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Recent Advances in Multiphysics Analysis of Failsafe Heat Pipe Cooled Nuclear Reactor
1:06–1:12PM EDT
Aanchal Gupta (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Magdi Ragheb (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rizwan-uddin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Structural and Thermal Assessment of Ti-H2O – GFRC Heat Pipe Radiators for Fission Surface Power
1:12–1:18PM EDT
Sandeep Hatte (Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc.), Zayed Ahmed (Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc.), Calin Tarau (Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.), Jeffrey Diebold (Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.), Srujan Rokkam (Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc.)
LEU-Fueled Natural-Circulation Microreactor for Heat Supply on the Moon
1:18–1:24PM EDT
Naoyuki Takaki (Tokyo City Univ.)
Preconceptual Study of a Hypothesized Deep Space Surface Mission Power Source
1:24–1:30PM EDT
Blake Coghill (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jackson Place (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Joshua Piper (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ethan Villarreal (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cassie Bowman (Arizona State), Lane Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Triply Periodic Minimal Surface Recuperator Design for a 100-kWe Nuclear Closed Brayton Cycle for Space Power
1:30–1:36PM EDT
Aubrey Olson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Noah Kleitsch (Univ. Wisconsin Madison), David Hall (Univ. Wisconsin Madison), Rafe Smith (Univ. Wisconsin Madison), Logan Rapp (Sandia), Rodney Keith (Sandia)
FENRIR: A Reactor Multiphysics Modeling Suite for Nuclear Electric Propulsion Systems
1:36–1:42PM EDT
Corey Smith (AMA), Jacob Stonehill (AMA), Christopher Harnack (AMA), Matthew Duchek (AMA)
NEP Trade Design Studies: Comparison Between MSR and HPR Concepts
1:42–1:48PM EDT
Pablo R. Rubiolo (University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC), Francisco Szmandiuk (University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC), Nicolas Capellan (University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC), Gonzalo De La Iglesia (University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC), Julien Giraud (University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC), Ignacio Lobardo (University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LPSC)
Future-Proofing Investments in US Development and Deployment of Advanced Nuclear Propulsion Technologies
1:48–1:54PM EDT
Tony S. Hill (Starr Nuclear), James Werner (AMA), Lindsey Holmes (AMA)
