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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.
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Room 3|Session Chair: Piyush Sabharwall
Tuesday, October 8, 2024|1:00–2:45PM MDT
Room 4|Session Chair: James A. King
Tuesday, October 8, 2024|3:15–5:00PM MDT
Room 1|Session Chair: Nicolas E. Stauff
Thursday, October 10, 2024|8:00–9:45AM MDT
Room 4|Session Chair: Simon M. Pimblott
Thursday, October 10, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM MDT
Panel|Room 3|Cosponsored by Panels|Session Chair: Pierre-Clement A. Simon
Wednesday, October 9, 2024|1:00–2:45PM MDT
Room 3|Session Chair: Kenneth C. Marsden
Wednesday, October 9, 2024|3:15–5:00PM MDT
Room 4|Session Chair: Chase N. Taylor
Room 5|Session Chair: Dawn M. Scates
Room 5|Session Chair: Trishelle Marie Copeland-Johnson
Room 5|Session Chair: Ling Zou
Room 5|Session Chair: Emily A. Nichols
Room 5|Session Chair: Abdul Dulloo
Room 1|Session Chair: Thomas Folk
Room 5|Session Chair: Michael J. Moorehead
Room 1|Session Chair: Taek K. Kim
Room 1|Session Chair: Ahmad Y. Al Rashdan
Room 1|Session Chair: Kevin Han
Panel|Room 3|Sponsored by Panels|Cosponsored by Modeling and Simulation|Session Chair: George Mesina
Room 1|Session Chair: Jhansi Kandasamy
Room 4|Session Chair: Mustafa Mashal
Panel|Room 3|Session Chair: Mackenzie L. Gorham
Panel|Room 3|Sponsored by Fuel Cycle|Cosponsored by Panels|Session Chair: Pierre-Clement A. Simon
Panel|Room 3|Cosponsored by Modeling and Simulation|Session Chair: George Mesina
Room 4|Session Chair: Chandrakanth Bolisetti
Room 4|Session Chair: Marissa G. Bailey
