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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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The deadline arrives: Checking in on the Reactor Pilot Program
On May 23, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14301, “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the DOE,” which instructed the Department of Energy to create a Reactor Pilot Program (RPP)—a new system in which companies could pursue DOE authorization to build and test their first-of-a-kind nuclear technologies. EO 14301 set an ambitious goal for that program: three reactors achieving criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session
Monday, July 22, 2024|1:00–2:50PM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Tyler Guin
Alternate Chair:
Paul W. Humrickhouse
Session Organizer:
Jan W. Coenen
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Algorithm Review for the Development of a Real-Time Monitoring and Accountancy Open Framework for Fusion Energy
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Holly B. Flynn (SRNL), Collin R. Malone (SRNL), George K. Larsen (SRNL), Robert J. Lascola (SRNL), William E. Gilbraith (SRNL)
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Progress of the SPARC Tritium Storage and Delivery, Fuelling and Isotope Separation Systems
1:25–1:50PM CDT
A. Hollingsworth (CFS), W.T. Shmayda (Tritium Solutions Inc.), C.R. Shmayda (Torion Plasma Corp.), H.K. Mutha (CFS), C. Tesluk (CFS), C. Chrobak (CFS), S. Knipe (CFS)
Deuterium Extraction from Helium with a Vanadium Vacuum Permeator: Commissioning of the Tritium Extraction eXperiment
1:50–2:10PM CDT
Thomas F. Fuerst (INL), Hanns Gietl (INL), L. Shayne Loftus (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL), Adriaan A. Riet (INL), Matthew D. Eklund (INL), Chase N. Taylor (INL)
Fuel Cycle Technology Selection for a Fusion Pilot
2:10–2:30PM CDT
T. Guin (SRNL), G.A. Larsen (SRNL), H. Flynn (SRNL), L. Angelette (SRNL), C.J. Koch (SRNL), H. Colon-Mercado (SRNL), K. McDonald (SRNL), J. Folkert (SRNL), B. Garcia-Diaz (SRNL)
Managing Tritium Reserves and Tritium Start-Up Inventories for Commercial Fusion Energy
2:30–2:50PM CDT
Samuele Meschini (MIT), Sara E. Ferry (MIT)