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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Nuclear methods for screwworm eradication
Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced the launch of a coordinated research project focused on a nuclear technique that can tackle the reemergence of New World screwworm (NWS) in Central America, Mexico, and the United States.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|8:00–9:40AM CDT|Salon A
Session Chair:
Zeses E. Karoutas
Co-Chair:
Walter G. Luscher
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An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Fission Gas Kr Speciation in Spent Nuclear Fuel by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations
8:00–8:25AM CDT
Goutam Kuri (Paul Scherrer Institute), Johannes Bertsch (Paul Scherrer Institute)
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A Microstructurally Informed Model of High Burnup Structure in UO2 Fuel
8:25–8:50AM CDT
W. Cade Brinkley (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Lauryn Reyes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Brian Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Lower-length-scale Informed Mechanistic Models to Predict Creep Rates in UO2 Fuel
8:50–9:15AM CDT
Conor O.T. Galvin (LANL), Anton J. Schneider (LANL), Pieterjan Robbe (Sandia), David A. Andersson (LANL), Michael W. D. Cooper (LANL)
Kinetic Impact of Irradiation Defects on Fuel Thermal Conductivity: Modelling and Uncertainty
9:15–9:40AM CDT
Antoine Boulore (CEA), Guillaume Damblin (CEA), Stéphane Bernaud (CEA)
