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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Droughts, wildfires continue to impact power plants in Europe
The effects of this summer’s historic heatwave continue to be felt across Europe. Soaring temperatures and drought in the region have led to elevated river temperatures, low river levels, and wildfires, which have significantly impacted nuclear power plants across the continent.
France’s Electricité de France has reported elevated river temperatures which have forced production cuts, including recent cuts at Golfech, and nuclear power plants in Hungary, Romania, and the United Kingdom, have faced exceptional challenges in recent days.
Technical Session|Human Factors, Instrumentation, and Controls (HFICD)
Monday, June 1, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Plaza Court 4/5
Session Chair:
Konstantinos Vasili
Alternate Chair:
Linyu Lin (INL)
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Evaluating Large Language Models for Semi-Automated Systems Theoretic Process Analysis of a Microreactor
1:00–1:20PM MDT
Shannon L. Eggers (INL), Sonali Sinha Roy (INL), Ross Hays (INL), Kevin O'Rear (INL), Joseph Oncken (INL)
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Explainable AI Framework with a Kalman Filter State Space Estimation for FDI Detection and Localization in Nuclear Reactor Signals
1:20–1:40PM MDT
Konstantinos Vasili (Purdue Univ.), Zachery T. Dahm (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Federated Learning with LLM Chatbots and Lightweight Cryptography for Secure Operations in Small Modular Reactors
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Ismail Hossain (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois Univ.), Md Jahangir Alam (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sajedul Talukder (Univ. of Texas, El Paso)