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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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DOE’s Marla Morales talks with ANS’s Craig Piercy
A recent American Nuclear Society webinar featured an extended one-on-one conversation between ANS CEO Craig Piercy and Marla Morales, the acting deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and high-level waste disposition at the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy. The two discussed the future of the fuel cycle in the United States, especially as it relates to the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses program launched by the DOE earlier this year.
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)
Paper
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)