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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Launching into tomorrow: NRIC guides new era of research and deployment
In June 2025, the Department of Energy announced the Reactor Pilot Program, an authorization pathway that allowed reactor developers to partner with the DOE to get first-of-a-kind (FOAK) reactors built and tested. Soon after, the DOE rolled out a complementary Fuel Line Pilot Program, which aimed to fast-track fuel projects. In all, 20 projects were accepted into the new programs.
Technical Session
Monday, July 22, 2024|1:00–2:50PM CDT|Madison Ballroom
Session Chair:
Rosaria Villari (ENEA Frascati)
Alternate Chair:
Iole Palermo
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Design Progress for a Spherical Tokamak Advanced Reactor (STAR)
1:00–1:25PM CDT
J.E. Menard (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), J. Berkery (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), T. Brown (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), N. Bertelli (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), L. Delgado-Aparicio (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), F. Ebrahimi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), E. Emdee (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), N. Ferraro (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), N. Gorelenkov (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), M. Gorelenkova (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), A. Khodak (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), A. Kleiner (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), B. Linn (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), R. Majeski (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), R. Maingi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), M. Ono (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), A. Pankin (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), J. Parisi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), V. Pillai (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), C. Rana (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), K. Shah (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), P. Titus (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Y. Zhai (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
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Recent Progress on the HELIAS Dual Coolant Lithium Lead Breeding Blanket (DCLL BB) Program
1:25–1:50PM CDT
I. Palermo (CIEMAT), J. Alguacil (UNED), G. Bongioví (Università di Palermo), J.P. Catalán (UNED), I. Fernández-Berceruelo (CIEMAT, Spain), S. Giambrone (Università di Palermo), G. Fonfría (CIEMAT, Spain), T. Lyytinen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), J.A. Noguerón (CIEMAT, Spain), V. Queral (CIEMAT, Spain), F.R. Urgorri (CIEMAT, Spain), A. Snicker (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), D. Sosa (CIEMAT, Spain)
Project LIBRA: Investigating Tritium Breeding and Extraction Efficiency for Fusion Reactors
1:50–2:10PM CDT
Mahmuod Bakr (Univ. Bristol), Hugo Dominguez-Andrade (Univ. Bristol), Alex Little (Univ. Bristol), Norbert Wegrzynowski (Univ. Bristol), Alicja Szczepanska (Univ. Bristol), Yannick Verbelen (Univ. Bristol), Tom Mooney (Univ. Bristol), Rob Havell (Univ. Bristol), Thomas Scott (Univ. Bristol)
Nested Pebble Bed Blanket (NesPeB)
2:10–2:30PM CDT
V. Badalassi (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), K. Borowiec (ORNL), A. Sircar (ORNL)