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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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LLNL, Ampera partner to develop thorium-based TRISO fuel
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has formed a strategic partnership with Ampera to develop the company’s nuclear fuel concept through a project named THUNDER, for Thorium Unimodal Droplet Ejection for Reactors.
The focus of THUNDER is fabricating TRISO made with kernels of thorium rather than the usual uranium. LLNL and Ampera will evaluate and optimize liquid metal–jetting technology to produce highly uniform, spherical kernels of thorium-232 for later processing into TRISO fuel.
Technical Session|Modeling and Simulation
Wednesday, October 9, 2024|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Room 1
Session Chair:
Kevin Han (NCSU)
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Verification of Mini-Reactor Minor-Actinide Proliferation Resistant Fuel with Burnable Gadolinia in Once-Through Operation Cycle Performance
3:15–3:35PM MDT
J.D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), G.S. Chang (JFoster & Assoc.), P. Moo (JFoster & Assoc.), J. Foster (JFoster & Assoc.)
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Investigating the Reliability of Machine Learning Predictions: Proposed Alterations to the DARE Model
3:35–3:55PM MDT
Ben Manavi (Colorado State), Edward Chen (INL), Vincent Philip Paglioni (Colorado State)
Thermal-Hydraulics Characterization of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface-Based Nuclear Fuel
3:55–4:15PM MDT
Smruti S. Shah (TAMU), Casey J. Jesse (INL), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Alternatives to MARVEL Power Conversion -- Comparison of Stirling Engine Thermal Efficiency and Design to Other Power Conversion Cycles
4:15–4:35PM MDT
M.W. Patterson (INL), Michael McKellar (Univ. Idaho)
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Model-Based Approaches to Generating Knowledge from Data in a Plant Reliability Context
4:35–4:55PM MDT
D. Mandelli (INL), C. Wang (INL), V. Agarwal (INL), C. Godbole (INL), J. Cogliati (INL)