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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Antares achieves zero-power criticality at INL
Leveraging more than $140 million in private capital fundraising, over 322,000 square feet of operational manufacturing space, and multifaceted partnerships with the Departments of Energy and Defense, reactor start-up Antares has become the first company involved in the Reactor Pilot Program to achieve zero-power fueled criticality—a full month ahead of the July 4 deadline set by President Trump’s Executive Order 14301.
This milestone, announced yesterday, was achieved with the company’s Mark-0: a sodium heat-pipe-cooled, TRISO-fueled microreactor. The Mark-0 is a forerunner to the company’s flagship design, which it calls the R1. For Antares, this development represents a key validation of its reactor physics, control systems, and supply chain.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
Erin Wehlage (Studsvik Scandpower)
Alternate Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
Session Organizer:
W. Neal Mann (The University of Texas at Austin)
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
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Economic assessment of ABWR, SCWR and SMART by using G4-ECONS code
Salah Ud-Din Khan (Sustainable Energy Technologies Center)
Paper
Modeling Operations and Maintenance Planning Decisions Under Uncertainty Using Bayesian Networks
Ryan M. Spangler (University of Pittsburgh), Lee T. Maccarone (University of Pittsburgh), Daniel G. Cole (University of Pittsburgh)
Economic Ramifications of Nuclear Load-Following in an ERCOT-like Market under High Renewables Penetration and Energy Policies
Kathryn Biegel (Argonne National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Stauff (Argonne National Laboratory), Todd Levin (Argonne National Laboratory), Taek Kyum Kim (Argonne National Laboratory), Temitope A. Taiwo (Argonne National Laboratory)
A Multi-Criteria Benefit Evaluation Methodology Applied to FLEX Strategies in Nuclear Power Plants
Sai Zhang (INL), Zhegang Ma (INL), Hongbin Zhang (INL)
