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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Breaking ground on a new approach to construction
The drive to Kairos Power’s reactor demonstration site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., is not only scenic—it’s historic. Nearly 85 years ago, roughly 30,000 construction workers transformed orchards and farmland into a key Manhattan Project site. Depending on your route, you may pass by one of the three gatehouses that were once military checkpoints controlling access to Atomic Energy Commission production facilities.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Pointview
Session Chair:
Dan Kotlyar
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Vedant Mehta
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Study and Design of a Molten Salt Reactor for Power Supply in Space: First Glimpse of the Core Design
Nicolas Rey-Tornero (CEA), Guillaume Campioni (CEA), Daniel Heuer (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Paper
Design Studies of a Molten Salt Reactor for Space Nuclear Electric Propulsion
F. Quinteros (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), P. Rubiolo (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), V. Ghetta (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), J. Giraud (Univ. Grenoble Alpes), N. Capellan (Univ. Grenoble Alpes)
Parametric Neutronic Evaluation of the Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket Concept
William J. Walters (Penn State)
Low Enriched Uranium Particle Bed Rocket
Alejandra de Lara (Univ. Cambridge), Nathaniel Read (Univ. Cambridge)
