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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Oklo’s Isotope Test Reactor achieves criticality
Oklo’s Groves Isotope Test Reactor became the fifth Department of Energy–authorized reactor to achieve criticality under the agency’s authorization process, it was announced earlier today.
Criticality was reached at 9:19 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday at the company’s Groves facility in Lockhart, Texas, according to the DOE.
Technical Session
Wednesday, July 24, 2024|10:15AM–12:05PM CDT|Senate A/B
Session Chair:
Paul W. Humrickhouse
Alternate Chair:
Lane Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Jan W. Coenen
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Hydrogen Transport through the Liquid-Vapor Interface Implemented in MELCOR-TMAP Code for Fusion Systems Modeling and Analysis
10:15–10:40AM CDT
Matthew D. Eklund (INL), Adriaan A. Riet (INL), Thomas F. Fuerst (INL), Chase N. Taylor (INL), Hanns Gietl (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL)
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Increasing Technology Readiness of Systems in the Fuel Cycle Through R&D and SPARC Design
10:40–11:05AM CDT
H.K. Mutha (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), P. Byrne (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), C. Chrobak (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), E. Dombrowski (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), J. Carmichael (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), A. Hollingsworth (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), M. Fillion (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), A.Q. Kuang (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), S. Knipe (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), S.R. Mahmud (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), B. Post (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), K. Ryan (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), R. Sweeney (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), R. Shah (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), C.R. Shmayda (Torion Plasma Corp.), W.T. Shmayda (Tritium Solutions), C. Tesluk (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), F. Ravelli (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Tritium Extraction from FLiBe using a Permeation Against Vacuum (PAV): Impact of Surface Potentials, Currents, and Coupling PAV to Sacrificial Anodes
11:05–11:25AM CDT
Luke Olson (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Chris Dandeneau (SRNL), Adam Gootgeld (SRNL), Brenda Garcia-Diaz (SRNL), George Larsen (SRNL)
The Role of Helium in Plasma-Driven Permeation of Hydrogen through Palladium and its Alloys
11:25–11:45AM CDT
Chao Li (Colorado School of Mines), Thomas F. Fuerst (INL), J. Douglas Way (Colorado School of Mines), Colin A. Wolden (Colorado School of Mines)
Flowing Lead-Lithium Eutectic Tritium Extraction Test Loop Design: Considerations for Deployment and Applications for Advancement of Fusion Fuel Cycle Technologies
11:45AM–12:05PM CDT
N. Tedford (Hatch), V. Pupkevich (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), T. Whitehorne (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), D. Ryland (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), S. Dalvi (Hatch), S. Sokhanvaran (Hatch), M. Lindstrom-Parkins (Hatch), A. Bigelow (Hatch), Z. Elman (Hatch)
