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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|Thermal Hydraulics Analysis and Testing
Monday, June 17, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Palm H
Session Chair:
Katrina Sweetland (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
Mauricio E. Tano (INL)
Session Organizers:
Hiroyuki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Experimental Study on a Loss of Shutdown Cooling System (SCS) Accompanied by a Main Steam Line Break (MSLB) Accident Based on the Risk/Performance Information Analysis
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Yusun Park (KAERI), Byoung Uhn Bae (KAERI), Jongrok Kim (KAERI), Jae Bong Lee (KAERI), Seok Cho (KAERI), Kyoung Ho Kang (KAERI), Jae Beol Hong (Future & Challenge Technology), Hyun Bin Chang (Future & Challenge Technology)
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Experimental Study on Pressure Loss Characteristic in a Vertical Annulus Under Low Reynolds Number Natural Circulation Flow Conditions
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Youngchang Ko (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Seongbae Park (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Sanggyun Nam (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Jae Jun Jeong (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Byongjo Yun (Pusan Nat'l Univ.)
Testing of Lead Freezing at the LEFREEZ Facility in Support of Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor Development
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Fabio Martini (Westinghouse Electric Co. UK), Sung Jin Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), Michael Epstein (Fauske & Assoc.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Dean Wilson (Univ. Manchester), Hector Iacovides (Univ. Manchester)
First Phase Passive Heat Removal Facility (PHRF) Experiments for Westinghouse LFR
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Marco Caramello (Ansaldo Nucleare), Megan Durse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Richard F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Giorgio K. Youssef (Sapienza Univ. Rome), Michele Frignani (Ansaldo Nuclear), Mariano Tarantino (ENEA), Aiden Wimshurst (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), Rhodri Watkins (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), Graham Macpherson (Frazer-Nash Consultancy)