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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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INL reports findings on unusual quantum behavior of plutonium
Scientists at Idaho National Laboratory have discovered that plutonium hexaboride (PuB6) displays a type of unusual quantum property called a topological Kondo insulating state. Materials with this property are neither typical electricity conductors nor regular insulators. Rather, they have exterior surfaces that strongly conduct electricity and interiors that block electricity.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Sonoran 6
Session Chair:
SuJong Yoon (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Ling Zou
Session Organizer:
Subash L. Sharma
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Development of a Data Platform for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR) Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) Thermal-Fluid Experiments
10:00–10:20AM MST
Sunming Qin (INL), Minseop Song (INL), Cam Binh T. Pham (INL), Mitchell Plummer (INL), Stefan Vietz (INL), Gerhard Strydom (INL)
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Experimental Program for Demonstrating the Timely Insertion of Safety Rods in MYRRHA
10:20–10:40AM MST
Julio Pacio (SCK CEN), Damien Lamberts (SCK CEN), Katrien Van Tichelen (SCK CEN)
Evaluation of Pressure Drop Models for 7-Pin Wire-Wrapped Rod Bundles
10:40–11:00AM MST
Adam Dix (Purdue), Zhengting Quan (Purdue), Seungjin Kim (Purdue)
A Preliminary Thermal-Hydraulics Analysis for the NIST Neutron Source
11:00–11:20AM MST
Idan R. Baroukh (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Anil Gurgen (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Joy S. Shen (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Abdullah G. Weiss (NIST Center for Neutron Research)
Preliminary Safety Analysis for a 400-kW Molten Salt Nuclear Battery
11:20–11:40AM MST
Thanh Hua (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Paul Marrota (MicroNuclear), Richard Christensen (Univ. Idaho), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)