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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Terrestrial Energy and Texas A&M reach agreement on reactor siting
Terrestrial Energy has signed ground lease and research agreements with the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) to exclusively use about 77 acres of land at the Texas A&M–RELLIS campus, in Bryan, Texas, for development of the company’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR). The agreements give Terrestrial Energy control of the site and provide support for completion of site characterization work, environmental evaluations, and testing and research activities related to the IMSR.
Technical Session|Methods
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|1:30–3:15PM PDT|Continental Ballroom 2
Session Chair:
Yves Robert (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
April Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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An Iterative RSA-DEM Method for High Packing Fraction Stochastic Media
1:30–1:50PM PDT
Zhe Chuan Tan (Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative), Zhi Yuan Feng (Tsinghua Univ.), Kan Wang (Tsinghua Univ.)
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ODR-VS Method for High Packing Fraction of Dispersed Fuel Particles in Annular Container
1:50–2:10PM PDT
Zhiyuan Feng (Tsinghua Univ.), Jingang Liang (Tsinghua Univ.), Wenli Guo (Tsinghua Univ.), Kan Wang (Tsinghua Univ.)
Presented by Zhe Chuan Tan (Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative)
Modeling Enhancements and Benchmarking of Pebble Bed Reactors in the Shift Monte Carlo Code
2:10–2:30PM PDT
Tarek Ghaddar (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Tara Pandya (ORNL), Matthew Jessee (ORNL)
Development of an Equilibrium Modeling Method for Modeling Micro-Modular Pebble-Bed High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
2:30–2:50PM PDT
Annie M. Berens (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Investigating the Accuracy of Porous-Medium Treatments in the Analysis of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Systems
2:50–3:10PM PDT
Zach Hughes (TAMU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Nolan MacDonald (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Cristian Garza (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Thomas Guilbaud (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Alessandro Scolaro (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
