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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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General Atomics announces breeding blanket test facility
General Atomics announced it is developing design concepts in collaboration with the Department of Energy for the Fusion Blanket Component Test Facility (BCTF), which will test full-scale breeding blankets.
“No one has tested a fusion blanket at this scale. While there are more research and development challenges ahead, a BCTF brings us closer to turning fusion from proven science into practical, sustainable power,” said Anantha Krishnan, senior vice president of the General Atomics Energy Group.
Technical Session|Operations & Power
Friday, April 17, 2026|2:30–3:30PM CDT|RUDR 504
Session Chair:
Richard Ridings (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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Multistage Modeling of Nuclear Energy Viability on ERCOT Using GenX
2:30–2:40PM CDT
Laila Qutob (Univ. Texas, Austin), Rachael I. Seidel (Univ. Texas, Austin), Michael E. Webber (Univ. Texas, Austin), Joshua Rhodes (Univ. Texas, Austin), Derek Haas
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Design Concept of sCO2-Cooled GPT-Marine Reactor Inspired by the U.S. MGCR
2:40–2:50PM CDT
Yeongchan Kim (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)
Bitcoin Mining as a Potential Enabler for Low Cost Fully Nuclear Energy Grids
2:50–3:00PM CDT
Loïc Magnan (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Risk and Efficiency Analysis of PWR-MED Cogeneration
3:00–3:10PM CDT
Avigail Sitton (TAMU), Robby Christian (INL)
Characterization of Radiation-Induced Effects in Brillouin Optical Time-Domain Analysis at Cryogenic Temperatures
3:10–3:20PM CDT
Emmal Dashti (Penn State), Matthew Leoschke (Penn State), Zachary Van Horn (Penn State), William Lo (Penn State), Shlomi Zilberman (Penn State), Federico Scurti (Penn State)
