Name: Nuclear Energy and Applications, 19-20 October 2026 Illinois Urbana Champaign University
Start: 2026-10-19T00:20:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-20T18:30:00-04:00
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Nuclear Energy and Applications, 19-20 October 2026 Illinois Urbana Champaign University

from Monday, 19 October 2026 (00:20) to Tuesday, 20 October 2026 (18:30)

Monday, 19 October 2026

08:00 Registration

08:00 - 09:00
09:00 Welcome to the Worksshop and Outlook - Cinzia Da Via (The University of Manchester (GB))
Welcome to the Worksshop and Outlook
- Cinzia Da Via (The University of Manchester (GB))
09:00 - 09:15
09:15 Nuclear Power- Intro to Fission, Technology options
09:15 - 12:00
Contributions

09:15 Overview on Fission - Ross Ridenoure (Hadron Energy)

09:40 SMR at UIUC - Caleb Brooks (Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)

10:05 SMR at Abilene Christian University - Rusty Towell (Department of Engineering and PhysicsAbilene Christian University)

10:45 Introduction to IEEE-NPSS - Sara Pozzi (Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences University of Michigan)

11:10 Workforce Development for Fission and Fusion - Martin Grossmann (Physicist and Senior Technical Advisor, Paul Sherrer Institute)

11:35 Fusion Energy Developments - Hanni Lux (Senior Technical Advisor, Tokamak Energy)
12:00 Luncheeon
Luncheeon
12:00 - 13:00
13:00 Moderated panel with industry speakers involved in developments at universities
13:00 - 14:15
Contributions

13:00 Deployment by NANO - John Judson (Senior Project Leader, NANO NUclear Energy Inc.)

13:20 Deployments by Antares - Will Madsen (Head of Mission Engineering, Antares)

13:40 Panel Discussion
14:15 coffee
coffee
14:15 - 14:30
14:30 Nuclear Applications Beyond Energy
14:30 - 15:30
Contributions

14:30 Radioisotopes Production with SMRs - Laura Ravasi (Medical and Scientific Advisor, Oncidium Foundation)

14:45 Nuclear Transmutation - Yan Cao (Principal Nuclear Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory)

15:00 Heat conversion and harvesting from SMRs through IR sensitive PV - Alina LaPotin (Mechanical Engineer, ARPA-E Fellow)

15:15 Nuclear Medicine - Vesna Sossi (Physics and Astronomy and Medicine, The University of British Columbia)
15:30 Coffeee
Coffeee
15:30 - 15:50
15:50 Social, Ethical, and Workforce Dimensions (presentations and panel discussion): Social, Ethical, and Workforce Dimensions (presentations and panel discussion)
Social, Ethical, and Workforce Dimensions (presentations and panel discussion)
15:50 - 17:20
Contributions

15:50 Innovation and Science Diplomacy - Roberto Lalli (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Research Scholar at the Innovation and Science Diplomacy School)

16:05 Social, Ethical and Workfoce Dimensions of Nuclear Energy - Roman Holi (Senior Ministerial Officer, Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT))

16:20 Social, Ethical, and Workforce Dimensions of Nuclear Energy - Christian Otra

16:35 Panel Discussion
18:30 Reception
Reception
18:30 - 20:30
Tuesday, 20 October 2026

08:00 Registration/Coffee
Registration/Coffee
08:00 - 08:30
08:30 Day 2: Regularoty Landscape and Role of the Professional Societies
Regularoty Landscape and Role of the Professional Societies
08:30 - 10:10
Contributions

08:30 Micro-Reactors Regulatory Framework and ALARA - Zahra Mohaghegh (Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

08:50 Regulatory Role of the American Nuclear Society - Craig Piercy (Chief Executive Officer, American Nuclear Society)

09:10 IEEE Standards on SMRa and Advanced Reactors - Maike Luiken (Western University, Chair of IEEE Planet Positive 2030)

09:30 RegulatoryRole at the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management - Claudio Gariazzo (Group Leader of Nonproliferation Innovation, Argonne National Laboratory)

09:50 Regulatory Famework in Radiation Instrumentation - NRC TBC
10:10 Coffee
Coffee
10:10 - 10:20
10:20 Reactor Monitoring and Sensors Preparing for SMRs
10:20 - 11:40
Contributions

10:20 Instrumentation of New Fuel Cycles - Angela Di Fulvio (Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

10:40 Nutron Flux Monitors Overview - Raymond Cao (Director of the Nuclear Engineering Program at The Ohio State)

11:00 Use of Optical Fibers in Nuclear Reactors' Monitoring - Dan Sweeney (R&D Staff and Interim Group Leader of the Nuclear and Extreme Environment Measurments Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

11:20 Radiation Hard Electronics for Nuclear Reactors Monitoring - Raffaele Giordano (Department of Physics, Subnuclear Physics, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy)
11:40 Luncheon
Luncheon
11:40 - 12:40
12:40 Digital Twins for Advanced Analytics, Safeguards and Security
12:40 - 13:40
Contributions

12:40 Digital Twins - Syed Bahauddin Alam (Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

13:00 Fully Digital Reactor at Purdue University - Sylianos Chatizidakis (Associate Reactor Director, and Direcotr of Nuclear Engineering Radiation Laboratory, Purdue University)

13:20 Digital Twins and Machine Learning for Security and Safeguards - Ben Cipiti (Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Safeguards and Security for Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycle Facilities, Sandia National Laboratories)
13:40 coffee
coffee
13:40 - 13:50
13:50 Alternative Energy, Energy Storage and Grid Integration PES
13:50 - 14:50
Contributions

13:50 Energy Storage - Kwan San Hui (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia)

14:10 Alternative Energy Storage - Wencong Su (Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan-Dearborn)

14:30 The Alternative Energy generation Initiative - Hong Chen (Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri)
14:50 Closing Remarks by the Organising Committee
Closing Remarks by the Organising Committee
14:50 - 15:05

15:05 Closed Session
Closed Session
15:05 - 16:30