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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Bills look to boost domestic uranium enrichment, move past Yucca Mountain
A pair of bills were introduced earlier this month in Congress that could modernize the licensing process for uranium enrichment facilities and repeal the law that designated Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the country’s nuclear waste repository.
Technical Session|Nonproliferation, Security, and Safeguards
Saturday, April 6, 2024|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Leonhard Building Room 102
Session Chair:
Chris Balbier (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Jacob Maxeiner (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Application of Machine Learning for Molten Salt Reactors Safeguards
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Branko Kovacevic (Penn State), Andre V. Soares (Penn State), William Walters (Penn State), Amanda M. Johnsen (Penn State)
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Parallel Processing of Image Databases for Accelerated Morphological Analysis Summarized
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Edward Goodell (Univ. Utah), Glenn E. Sjoden (Univ. Utah), Reid Porter (Pooka Play, LLC), Luther McDonald (Univ. Utah), Kari Sentz (LANL)
Applications of Comprehensive Visual Transport Security Risk Model to Enhance Nuclear Security Regimes
2:15–2:35PM EDT
Christine E. George (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Yield Estimation of Lop Nur Underground Nuclear Tests Using Historical Seismic Data
2:35–2:36PM EDT
Erick E. Rodriguez (U.S. Military Academy), Nickolas Duncan (U.S. Military Academy)