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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Oklo’s Isotope Test Reactor achieves criticality
Oklo’s Groves Isotope Test Reactor became the fifth Department of Energy–authorized reactor to achieve criticality under the agency’s authorization process, it was announced earlier today.
Criticality was reached at 9:19 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday at the company’s Groves facility in Lockhart, Texas, according to the DOE.
Technical Session|Fusion and Plasma Physics
Friday, April 5, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Leonhard Building Room 102
Session Chair:
Matthew Leoschke (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Ashrakat Saefan (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Liquid Metal Microdroplet Spitting in Hydrogen Plasma
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Natalie R. Weissburg (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), James Bramble (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Fusion Materials Studies in the Radiation-Induced Defects and Performance (RDMAP) Lab
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Chase C. Hargrove (Penn State)
Results from the Helium Retention Mechanism Experiment in Stellarators (HeRMES) Campaign
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Arnav Goyal (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Andrew J. Shone (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Nina Mihajlov (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Myles Bradley (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Gia M. Le (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Steven Gula (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Daniel E. Andruczyk (University of Illinois)
The Need for Nuclear Data in Nuclear Fusion Applications
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Eric He (Univ. California, Berkeley), Andrew Politz (Univ. California, Berkeley), Elan B. Park-Bernstein (Univ. California, Berkeley)
