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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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General Atomics announces breeding blanket test facility
General Atomics announced it is developing design concepts in collaboration with the Department of Energy for the Fusion Blanket Component Test Facility (BCTF), which will test full-scale breeding blankets.
“No one has tested a fusion blanket at this scale. While there are more research and development challenges ahead, a BCTF brings us closer to turning fusion from proven science into practical, sustainable power,” said Anantha Krishnan, senior vice president of the General Atomics Energy Group.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Sonoran 6
Session Chair:
Trevor Kent Howard
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Marilyn Delgado
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Natural Circulation Experiments in Gallium Thermal-Hydraulic Loop
3:15–3:35PM MST
Broderick Sieh (Purdue), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
Paper
Flow Visualization in a Flow Conditioner to Support PEPT Experiments of Advanced Reactor Components
3:35–3:55PM MST
Jerel Houston (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Adam Mafi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Design and Preliminary Understanding of Flow in Pebble Bed Reactors Using Positron Emission Particle Tracking
3:55–4:15PM MST
Adam Mafi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cody Wiggins (ORNL), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jerel Houston (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), L.B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
