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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session
Saturday, April 10, 2021|4:30–5:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Arsen Iskhakov (NC State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Edward Chen (NC State Univ.)
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Session Producers:
Jake Mitstifer (Univ. of Ill., Urbana-Champaign)
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A Transportation Cask to Ship Used Microreactor Fuel
Steven Chen (University of Michigan), Sumit K. Basak (University of Michigan), Christopher E. O'Neil (University of Michigan), Dale B. Lancaster (University of Michigan), Everett L. Redmond (Nuclear Energy Institute)
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Microreactor for Military Deployment: Design and Simulation
Elizabeth Farnan (United States Naval Academy), Jennifer Iniguez (United States Naval Academy), James Scowcroft (United States Naval Academy), Jean-Paul Anyansi (United States Naval Academy)
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