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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|Lightning Talk
Saturday, April 18, 2026|1:15–2:15PM CDT|RUDR 401
Session Chair:
William F. Sanders (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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Monomer and Crosslinker Effects on Photopolymerized Organic Plastic Scintillators
1:15–1:25PM CDT
Margo Cicero (U.S. Naval Academy), Joseph Latta (U.S. Naval Academy), Peter Joyce (U.S. Naval Academy), Megan Beromi (U.S. Naval Academy)
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Mechanical Improvements to the Florida-Livermore Attenuation and Scattering Experiment (FLASE)
1:25–1:35PM CDT
Neena K. Schramm (Univ. Florida), Emily Gunger (Univ. Florida), Andreas Enqvist (Univ. Florida), Steven Dazeley (LLNL)
Studying Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in a Helical Cruciform 7-Rod Bundle for Molten Salt Reactor Applications
1:35–1:45PM CDT
Jacob Cox (Kansas State), Felix Sandoval Garcia (Kansas State), Hossam H. Abdellatif (Kansas State), Anna Iskhakova (Kansas State), Arsen Iskhakov (Kansas State)
Reconstruction Performance of Muon Scattering Tomography in Spherical Detector Geometries
1:45–1:55PM CDT
Christopher R. Beck (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Tayfun Akyurek (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)