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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Front-end nuclear fuel supply cooperation: Turning allied interdependence into strategic advantage
The global nuclear revival, which is fueled by unprecedented demand for firm, affordable, dispatchable power for artificial intelligence and data center build-out, energy security imperatives, and climate commitments, has exposed a structural reality of the Western fuel cycle: No single allied nation currently possesses the full suite of front-end capabilities. From mining through conversion, enrichment, fabrication, and the emerging deconversion and metallization steps required for reactor fuels, capability is distributed across Canada, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States (collectively, the “Sapporo Five”), as well as a small group of close partners.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Canaveral 2
Session Chair:
Stephen Lam (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell)
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Optimizing the ATF-2Ramp Power Profile
10:00–10:20AM EST
Travis Labossiere-Hickman (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), David Kamerman (INL)
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A Data-Driven Framework for Modeling Strength Surface in Complete Theory of Phase-Field Fracture
10:20–10:40AM EST
K.M. Zaheen Nasir (NCSU), Wen Jiang (NCSU)
Segmentation of Microscopic Defects in Pulsed Infrared Thermography Images of Metals
10:40–11:00AM EST
Jordan Stone (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Xin Zhang (ANL), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Primary Damage Cascade Simulations in Tungsten Using the Allegro Machine Learning Interatomic Potential
11:00–11:20AM EST
Danna Jia (MIT), Myles Stapelberg (MIT), Michael Short (MIT)
Creep Analysis of Piping Component Structures in Nuclear Reactors with Machine Learning
11:20–11:40AM EST
Ugur Cotul (Purdue Univ.), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.)