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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 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Indiana/Iowa
Session Chair:
Amanda S. Leong
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Humberto E. Garcia
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Utilizing Online Raman Spectroscopy as a Material Accountancy Tool in Electrorefining
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Drace R. Penley (ANL), Katharine Stasior (ANL), Amber Polke (ANL), Nathaniel Hoyt (ANL)
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Plutonium Disposition with NERTHUS Thermal MSR
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Kyra Lawson (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Automated Molten Salt Sampling of Reprocessing Vessels
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Amber Polke (ANL), Benjamin Cutrer (ANL), Nathaniel Hoyt (ANL)
Development of a Python-Based Chemical Process Model for Legacy Slag Processing
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Jolyne Worthy (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Tiffani Key (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex), Shelby Morgan (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
