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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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MIT professor develops method to verify compliance with Outer Space Treaty
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Areg Danagoulian of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is proposing a mechanism for verifying that Earth-orbiting satellites are in compliance with the Outer Space Treaty, which prohibits the placement of nuclear weapons in space. Danagoulian’s “concept and feasibility study,” titled “Verification of the Outer Space Treaty with cosmic protons,” was published recently in the journal Nature.
Technical Session|Reactor Physics
Friday, April 17, 2026|1:15–2:15PM CDT|RUDR 504
Session Chair:
Lane W. Behnke
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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Neutron Flux Shaping and Enrichment Zoning in an HTGR Micro-Reactor
1:15–1:25PM CDT
Alfredo A. Cortez (TAMU)
Paper
Investigation of Telescoping Control Rods in Prismatic High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors
1:25–1:35PM CDT
Tristan Engelmann (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ethan D. Chang (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Validation of the VHTRC-1 Reactor Benchmark with MCNP-6 and MVP-II
1:35–1:45PM CDT
Aidan Glickman (TAMU), Nina C. Fleming (NCSU), Ayman I. Hawari (TAMU)
Monte Carlo Burnup Calculations with Power Oscillation Reduction
1:45–1:55PM CDT
Madison Grove (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Fuel Loading Optimization of the BWRX-300 Using Multiphysics Environment VERA
1:55–2:05PM CDT
Naomi K. Rogers (Univ. Michigan), Sabrina Vanyo (Univ. Michigan), Avery A. Peplinski (Univ. Michigan)
Analysis and Experiment Design for Cross-Section Uncertainty Reduction with the KRUSTY Benchmark
2:05–2:15PM CDT
Addison Mulder (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Luke Watson (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Aaron Sucov (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Isadora H. Turbek (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
