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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Second round of Launch Pad selections includes eight newcomers
The National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory has announced 13 project selections across 12 companies for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, a Department of Energy–led program that integrates reactor and fuel facility authorization, testing, and deployment support for private nuclear developers.
The Launch Pad emerged from the Reactor Pilot Program and Fuel Line Pilot Program.
According to INL, projects selected include reactor development and nuclear fuel cycle advancements, including fabrication, enrichment, and conversion technologies.
Technical Session|Methods
Monday, April 22, 2024|3:30–5:15PM PDT|Continental Ballroom 2
Session Chair:
Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower)
Alternate Chair:
Sandra Dulla (Politecnico di Torino)
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Response Matrix Benchmark for the 1D Transport Equation with Matrix Scaling
3:30–3:50PM PDT
B.D. Ganapol (Univ. Arizona), J.K. Patel (Univ. Michigan)
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Synthetic Perturbation as Flux Initializer for the Method of Characteristics Solver of APOLLO3®
3:50–4:10PM PDT
A. Gammicchia (CEA), S. Santandrea (CEA), A. Brighenti (Framatome)
Surface Characteristics Scheme for Solving the Transport Equation in Extruded and Unstructured 3D Geometries
4:10–4:30PM PDT
Arthur Le Bars (CEA), Simone Santandrea (CEA), Sandra Dulla (Politecnico di Torino)
Linear Source Approximation in the Random Ray Method
4:30–4:50PM PDT
Rufus Neame (Univ. Cambridge), Paul Cosgrove (Univ. Cambridge)
Implementation of the Discontinuous Galerkin Method into FENNECS and Other New Improvements for LWR Analysis
4:50–5:10PM PDT
Romain Henry (GRS), Jeremy Bousquet (GRS), Armin Seubert (GRS)