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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|Mathematics, Computation, & AI Applications
Saturday, April 18, 2026|1:15–2:15PM CDT|RUDR 504
Session Chair:
Ebubechukwu Okolo
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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Verification Methods for Deploying Trustworthy Large Language Model Systems in Nuclear Operations and Maintenance
1:15–1:35PM CDT
Jason P. Clifford (NCSU), Xu Wu (NCSU), Alexander Heifetz (ANL), Derek W. Kultgen (ANL)
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Towards the Development of a Friction Factor Correlation for Scalloped Hexagonal Rod Bundles
1:35–1:55PM CDT
Luiz C. Aldeia Machado (Penn State), Carolina da Silva Bourdot Dutra (Penn State), Victor Coppo Leite (INL), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Vasileios Kyriakopoulos (INL)
Forecast-Informed Load Following for SMR-Powered AI-Data Centers Using Fuzzy Supervisory Control
1:55–2:15PM CDT
Makafui Torkornoo (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Sara Ahmed (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Nikolaos Gatsis (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)
