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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Changing laser polarization could save optics at NIF
New calculations by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory suggest that changing the polarization of the National Ignition Facility’s lasers could reduce backscatter, an effect that can make an optic unusable after a single shot.
Technical Session|New and Advanced Reactors
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 3/4
Session Chair:
Robert P. Martin (Independent)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Paolo Balestra (INL)
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Investigation of Static Boiling in a Large Scale RCCS
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Q. Lv (ANL), M. Jasica (ANL), D. Lisowski (ANL), Z. Ooi (ANL), A. Kraus (ANL), R. Hu (ANL), M. Farmer (ANL)
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Uncoupled DEM Simulation to Investigate the Impact of Coolant Flow on Pebble Flow in Pebble Bed Reactor
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Muhammad Sohaib Malik (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jiaqi Chen (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Angela Di Fulvio (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Timothy P. Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
The Refractive Index Matched Pebble Bed Facility for High Resolution Experiments of DLOFC and PLOFC Accidents in MPBRs
2:10–2:30PM EDT
Zachary Welker (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan), Paolo Balestra (INL)
Turbulence Characteristics Using Dynamic Mode Decomposition in an 84-Pin Hexagonal Fuel Assembly
2:30–2:50PM EDT
Craig Menezes (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)