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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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In transition: Commercializing fusion power
Commercial fusion power is closer than ever. There are now around 30 U.S. fusion companies, several of which claim to be on track to connect to the grid as early as the 2030s.
Tokamak and laser inertial confinement approaches benefit from decades of research at facilities such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and ITER, with alternative concepts including stellarator, magnetic mirror, and Z-pinch confinement also making notable progress as private and government funding for fusion increases.
Panel and Technical Session|Fuel Cycles, Waste Management, and Decommissioning
Saturday, April 15, 2023|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Student Union 362B
Session Chair:
Evan Williams (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Harrison Huegen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences and Fuel Cycle & Waste Management Divisions.
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Excess Criticality Mitigation for Pebble Bed Reactor Fuels by Pebble Displacement and Replacement
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Jonathan F. Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Gordon M. Petersen (INL), Robert A. Joseph (INL)
Paper
Incorporation of Metal Taggants into Tetragonal Gamma-UO3
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Nicholas J. Wilson (University of Texas at El Paso), Ashley Shields (ORNL), Eunja Kim (University of Texas at El Paso)
Mapping of the LiCl-NaCl-UCl3 and KCl-NaCl-UCl3 Ternaries
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Ethan A. Schneider (The University of Texas at San Antonio), Thomas C. Kirtley (the University of Texas at San Antonio), Elizabeth S. Sooby (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Liangyan Hao (The University of Pittsburgh), Soumya Sridar (The University of Pittsburgh), Wei Xiong (The University of Pittsburgh)
Evaluation of Contamination Limits for Equipment Release for A Former Uranium Mill
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Jillian L. Newmyer (Oregon State)
