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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|Nuclear Nonproliferation, Safeguards, & Security
Friday, April 17, 2026|10:45–11:45AM CDT|RUDR 402
Session Chair:
Axel Batres (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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Identifying Fission Products from 252Cf by Utilizing Gamma-Gamma Coincidence Spectrometry and Advanced Analysis Techniques
10:45–11:05AM CDT
Jason Scott (TAMU), Pearl Smith (TAMU), Andrew Strama (TAMU), Charles M. Folden (TAMU), Farheen Naqvi (TAMU)
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Nuclear Forensic Analyses Applied to an Aged Historical 243Am Source
11:05–11:25AM CDT
Isaac W. Haynes (TAMU), Charles M. Folden (TAMU)
MCNP Microcalorimetry Model Validation using Ba-133
11:25–11:45AM CDT
James T. Cahill (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cameron Wojtowicz (Univ. Florida), Patience Obasi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Katherine A. Schreiber (LANL), Rico Schoenemann (LANL), Daniel McNeel (LANL), Kyle C. Hartig (Univ. Florida), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
