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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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In transition: Commercializing fusion power
Commercial fusion power is closer than ever. There are now around 30 U.S. fusion companies, several of which claim to be on track to connect to the grid as early as the 2030s.
Tokamak and laser inertial confinement approaches benefit from decades of research at facilities such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and ITER, with alternative concepts including stellarator, magnetic mirror, and Z-pinch confinement also making notable progress as private and government funding for fusion increases.
Technical Session|Reactor Design and Analysis
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|3:30–5:15PM PDT|Franciscan A
Session Chair:
Germina Ilas
Alternate Chair:
David Chandler (ORNL)
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Implementation of a Novel ERANOS Procedure for the Adjoint Power Evaluation in Coupled Depletion Problems
3:30–3:50PM PDT
Matteo Stanzani (Univ. Bologna), Donato Maurizio Castelluccio (ENEA), Francesco Lodi (ENEA), Vincenzo Giuseppe Peluso (ENEA), Giacomo Grasso (ENEA), Marco Sumini (Univ. Bologna)
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Reactivity Decrease by Assembling Fuel Assemblies in a Heavy Water-Cooled Reactor
3:50–4:10PM PDT
Tomoatsu Shinohara (Tokyo City Univ.), Naoyuki Takaki (Tokyo City Univ.)
Fuel Cycle Analysis of Wielenga Innovation Static Salt Reactor (WISSR)
4:10–4:30PM PDT
Puran Deng (Univ. Michigan), Won Sik Yang (Univ. Michigan), Thomas Wielenga (Wielenga Innovation Foundation)
Multiphysics Analysis of a Minor Actinide Burning Molten Salt Reactor
4:30–4:50PM PDT
J. Eickman (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), M. Nyberg (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), U. Baker (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), B. Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Dynamics and Stability Analysis Study of a Thermal Molten Salt Reactor
4:50–5:10PM PDT
Thabit Abuqudaira (TAMU), Ümran Üzen (TAMU), Dahvien Dean (TAMU), Pavel Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
