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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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A closer look at the NRC’s reactor licensing revamp
Make no mistake about it: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed rulemaking on reactor licensing, safety oversight, and siting practices is expansive. When it was unveiled on July 1, NRC officials called it the “most comprehensive modernization of reactor licensing in decades,” one that could save the NRC and the industry as much as $1.86 billion.
“NRC’s regulations have not kept pace with new technologies and our energy needs,” NRC Chairman Ho Nieh said in an announcement. “This proposed rule strips out rigid frameworks and unnecessary conservatism to accelerate the safe deployment of new reactors and expand existing capacity across America.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine D
Session Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Nathan J. Roskoff
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Uncertainty Quantification of Critical Boron Concentration in Tihange-2 Reactor Core Tracking Analysis Using CASMO5/SIMULATE5 with JENDL-5
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Shigeki Shiba (Nuclear Regulation Authority)
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Heat Deposition Analysis of Target Materials in the High Flux Isotope Reactor for HEU and LEU Cores
3:35–3:55PM PDT
K.M. Burg (ORNL), D. Chandler (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), Y.E. Robert (ORNL), C.W. Sizemore (ORNL)
Monte Carlo Evaluation of Delayed Neutron Parameters for CANDU Reactor
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Zack Demers (Ontario Tech Univ.), Eleodor Nichita (Ontario Tech Univ.)
Sensitivity Analysis of the SCALE/Polaris-PARCS Code Procedure for Watts Bar Unit 1 and Peach Bottom Unit 2
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Kang Seog Kim (ORNL), William Gurecky (ORNL), Matthew A. Jessee (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Understanding the Sampling Algorithm for Watt Spectrum
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Jilang Miao (Penn State), Miaomiao Jin (Penn State)