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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
Danagoulian
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|Materials Science & Technology
Saturday, April 18, 2026|10:45–11:45AM CDT|RUDR 302
Session Chair:
Joshua Haines
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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Assessing the Compatibility of WC–Co Cemented Carbides with Molten Chloride Salts
10:45–11:05AM CDT
Furkan Erdogan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Santiago Bermudez Naranjo (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carlos E. Castano (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Chevron-Notched Fracture Characterization of Fine-Grained Graphite
11:05–11:25AM CDT
Jackson Jorgenson (Oregon State), Spencer T. Doran (Oregon State), Tianyi Chen (Oregon State)
Impact of Light and Heavy Elements on Crystal, Thermal, and Micromechanical Properties of Oxide Fuels
11:25–11:45AM CDT
Natasha Engel (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Alicia Raftery (ORNL), Denise Adorno Lopes (ORNL)
