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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 RPD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|10:00–11:45AM EST
Session Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (American Nuclear Society)
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Calculation of 3D Precursor Distributions in Fast MSRs via Coupled CFD and Neutronics Approach
Yeon Sang Jung (Argonne National Laboratory), Jun Fang (Argonne National Laboratory), Dillon R. Shaver (Argonne National Laboratory), Changho Lee (Argonne National Laboratory), Bo Feng (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Validation of SCALE for Molten Salt Reactors using the MSRE Benchmark
John E. Barlow (The University of Texas at Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin)
Nuclear data uncertainty challenges in Molten Salt Reactor safeguards
Andre A. Vidal Soares (Pennsylvania State University), Azaree Lintereur (Penn State University), Benjamin R. Betzler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Amanda Jonhsen (Penn State University), Joshua D. Flygare (Penn State University), William J. Walters (Penn State University), Louise G. Worral (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
