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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
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Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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The deadline arrives: Checking in on the Reactor Pilot Program
On May 23, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14301, “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the DOE,” which instructed the Department of Energy to create a Reactor Pilot Program (RPP)—a new system in which companies could pursue DOE authorization to build and test their first-of-a-kind nuclear technologies. EO 14301 set an ambitious goal for that program: three reactors achieving criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Kevin R. Robb
Alternate Chair:
Dillon R. Shaver
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Janet Davis (American Nuclear Society)
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Thermophysical Property Measurements of Molten Salts: Perspectives on Fuel and Irradiated Salts
Ryan C. Gallagher (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Nick Russell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Alex Martin (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), N. Dianne B. Ezell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Simulation and Analysis of a Prototypical Xenon Removal System
Jiaqi Chen (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Caleb S. Brooks (University of Illinois)
Design Overview of the Facility to Alleviate Salt Technology Risks (FASTR)
Kevin R. Robb (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Seth Baird (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Padhraic L. Mulligan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)