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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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North American construction is back—smaller and faster—at OPG’s Darlington
“The nuclear renaissance is real here,” said Ontario Power Generation’s Subo Sinnathamby on May 8, one year to the day after OPG secured a final investment decision to build the first of four planned BWRX-300 reactors at its Darlington nuclear power plant, and shortly after the new reactor’s foundation was lifted into place. “We got our license to construct in April and our [final investment decision] in May, and we’ve been off to the races since.”
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Reactors for Heat and Combined Heat and Power
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Palm C
Session Chair:
Aaron S. Epiney (INL)
Session Organizers:
Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
Track Organizers:
Alternate Chair:
Iza Lantgios (INL)
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Competitiveness Assessment of Decarbonizing Electricity and Process Heat Supply to a Campus with a Small Nuclear Reactor
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Josh Koons (ANL), Ed Hoffman (ANL), Anton Moisseytsev (ANL), Ryan Dailey (ANL), Jill Ptak (ANL), Claudio Filippone (Filippone and Assoc.), John Busch (ANL)
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Dynamic Modelling and Optimisation of a Small Modular Reactor for Electricity Production and District Heating in the Helsinki Region
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Guido C. Masotti (Politecnico di Milano), David Haubensack (CEA), Jussi-Pekka Ikonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Tomi J. Lindroos (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), Gabriel L. Pavel (ENEN), Marco E. Ricotti (Politecnico di Milano)
Long-Term Power Dispatch Optimization and Real-Time Control of DETAIL Facility Using HERON-FARM
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Haoyu Wang (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL), Richard Vilim (ANL)
Assessment of the Thermal Extraction Capabilities of the HYBRID Modelica Models
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Iza G. Lantgios (INL), Logan D. Williams (INL), Daniel M. Mikkelson (INL)
