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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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General Atomics announces breeding blanket test facility
General Atomics announced it is developing design concepts in collaboration with the Department of Energy for the Fusion Blanket Component Test Facility (BCTF), which will test full-scale breeding blankets.
“No one has tested a fusion blanket at this scale. While there are more research and development challenges ahead, a BCTF brings us closer to turning fusion from proven science into practical, sustainable power,” said Anantha Krishnan, senior vice president of the General Atomics Energy Group.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Monday, July 17, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Rotunda
Session Chair:
Christian M. Petrie
Alternate Chair:
Matt Gibson
Session Organizer:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
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Development, Testing, and Validation of Fabry-Pérot Cavity Acoustic Sensors for Microreactor Applications
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Anthony Birri (ORNL), Daniel C. Sweeney (ORNL), Holden C. Hyer (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
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SMRs I&C Associated Challenges: Case of Argentinian Design CAREM
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Ricardo Garcia (Tecnatom), Cecilia Laura Alberto (CNEA), Mateo Ramos (Tecnatom), Luis Rejas (Tecnatom)
EPRI Digital Systems Engineering Framework: A Modern Approach
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Matt Gibson (EPRI)
Planned Irradiation of IN-Pile Steady State Extreme Temperature Testbed
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Emily Hutchins (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Lawrence Heilbronn (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brandon Wilson (ORNL), N. Dianne Ezell (ORNL)
