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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.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Jasmine A
Session Chair:
Andrew R. Griffith
Alternate Chair:
Joshua R. Turner
Session Organizer:
Jean-Francois Lucchini
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Evaluation of HLW-Repository Under Multiple Earthquake Occurrences: (1) Risk Distribution
8:00–8:20AM PDT
Karyoung Choi (Kyung-Hee Univ.), Kibeom Son (Kyung-Hee Univ.), Gyunyoung Heo (Kyung-Hee Univ.)
Paper
Evaluation of HLW-Repository Under Multiple Earthquake Occurrences: (2) Peak Risk Probability
8:20–8:40AM PDT
Minseok Kim (Kyung-Hee Univ.), Karyoung Choi (Kyung-Hee Univ.), Gyunyoung Heo (Kyung-Hee Univ.)
Thermal Expansion of Uranium Mononitride
8:40–9:00AM PDT
Natalie S. Yaw (Washington State), Emma C. Kindall (Washington State), Arjen van Veelen (LANL), Malin C. Dixon Wilkins (Washington State), Sam Karcher (Washington State), Bryn Merrill (Washington State), Graham King (Canadian Light Source), John S. McCloy (Washington State), Joshua T. White (LANL), Xiaofeng Guo (Washington State)
Impact of LWR Assembly Structural Features on Cladding Burst Behavior Under LOCA Conditions
9:00–9:20AM PDT
Daniel Schappel (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL)
The Philosophy Behind Consent Based Siting Efforts with NC State
9:20–9:30AM PDT
Robert B. Hayes (NCSU), Melody G. Polk (NCSU)
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Progress Towards Chloride-Based Volatility Separations for Recovery of Uranium from Used Nuclear Fuel
9:30–9:40AM PDT
Aaron Unger (TerraPower), Katie McBride (TerraPower), SeungMin Lee (TerraPower), Pradeep Perera (TerraPower), Sayandev Chatterjee (TerraPower), Perry Motsegood (TerraPower)
