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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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General Atomics announces breeding blanket test facility
General Atomics announced it is developing design concepts in collaboration with the Department of Energy for the Fusion Blanket Component Test Facility (BCTF), which will test full-scale breeding blankets.
“No one has tested a fusion blanket at this scale. While there are more research and development challenges ahead, a BCTF brings us closer to turning fusion from proven science into practical, sustainable power,” said Anantha Krishnan, senior vice president of the General Atomics Energy Group.
Technical Session|Mathematics, Computation, & AI Applications
Saturday, April 18, 2026|3:45–4:45PM CDT|RUDR 504
Session Chair:
Erik R. Boldt (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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Missouri S&T Neutron Radiography Simulation Project Summary
3:45–4:05PM CDT
Patrick O. Wagner (Missouri University of Science and Technology, Nuclear Science Design Team), Christopher R. Beck
Paper
Viability of Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Cyber-Physical Defense in Nuclear SMART Valves and Resilient Digital Twins
4:05–4:25PM CDT
Christian Schmitt (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)
Quantum Hopfield Neural Network Reconstruction of Pulsed Thermography Nondestructive Testing Images
4:25–4:45PM CDT
Eleni Avlonitis (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Xin Zhang (ANL), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
