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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Team brings quantum computing into FLiBe chemistry calculations
Researchers have reported using a combination of quantum and classical computing to calculate chemistry connected to tritium speciation in a FLiBe—lithium fluoride and beryllium fluoride—molten salt blanket, demonstrating a promising direction for unlocking tritium breeding in fusion machines.
Technical Session
Wednesday, May 18, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Fountainview
Session Chair:
Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower)
Alternate Chair:
Kimihiro Yokoi (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy)
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Multiscale Thermal Hydraulic Coupling Methods for Boiling Water Reactor Simulation
Aaron Graham (ORNL), Benjamin Collins (ORNL), Bob Salko (ORNL), Mehdi Asgari (ORNL)
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VERA BWR Progression Problems
Chase Lawing (NCSU), Scott Palmtag (NCSU), Mehdi Asgari (ORNL)
Preliminary Simulation Results of Peach Bottom Unit 2 Cycles 1 and 2 with MPACT
Sooyoung Choi (Univ. Michigan), Andrew Ward (Univ. Michigan), Aaron Graham (ORNL), Benjamin Collins (ORNL), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan), Mehdi Asgari (ORNL)
Applicability of Neutronics Design Calculation Method for Axially Heterogeneous Core of RBWR (Resource-Renewable Boiling Water Reactor)
Kimihiro Yokoi (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Tetsushi Hino (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kazuya Ishii (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Junichi Miwa (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Hideo Soneda (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Mikolaj Adam Kowalski (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan), Sooyoung Choi (Univ. Michigan), Yuxuan Liu (Univ. Michigan), Yasunobu Nagaya (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
