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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|Thermal Hydraulics
Friday, April 17, 2026|1:15–2:15PM CDT|RUDR 410
Session Chair:
Dylan J. Frank
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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Revitalization of the PUMA Integral Test Facility: Design Basis and Progress to Date
1:15–1:35PM CDT
Parker Smith (Purdue Univ.), Connor R Schleeweis (Purdue Univ.), Akshay K. Khandelwal (Purdue Univ.), Shripad T. Revankar (Purdue Univ.), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue Univ.)
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Critical Heat Flux Prediction under Non-Uniform Heating using Neural Networks
1:35–1:55PM CDT
Reece A. Bourisaw (Kansas State), Anna Iskhakova (Kansas State), Arsen Iskhakov (Kansas State)
Deep Learning and Data Generation for Entrained Droplet Detection
1:55–2:15PM CDT
Jeremiah S. Noser-Munoz (Virginia Tech), Yang Liu (Virginia Tech)