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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|Nuclear Criticality Safety (NCSD)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|10:00–11:45AM MDT|Governor's Square 16
Session Chair:
Benjamin Martin (GE Vernova)
Alternate Chair:
Amy E. van der Vyver (Sellafield Limited)
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Using the SCALE DOUBLEHET Feature to Simulate a Uranyl Phosphate Slurry
10:00–10:20AM MDT
Tracy E. Stover (SRNL)
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The Importance of the ANSI/ANS-8.28 Standard for Nuclear Criticality Safety
10:20–10:40AM MDT
Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)
Nuclear Data Induced Uncertainty in VALID Benchmarks using ENDF/B-VIII.1
10:40–11:00AM MDT
Travis M. Greene (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL)
Bounding NCS Geometry Assumptions: When Simplification Preserves or Fails Safety
11:00–11:20AM MDT
Konrad P. Kulesza (URENCO USA), Charlotta Sanders (URENCO USA)
Thermal Neutron Transmission Measurements at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source
11:20–11:40AM MDT
Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Luke Daemen (ORNL), Iyad I. Al-Qasir (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL), Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Klaus H. Guber (ORNL), Luiz C. Leal (ORNL), Hassina Bilheux (ORNL), Jean-Christophe Bilheux (ORNL), Kevin Yahne (ORNL), Shimin Tang (ORNL), Chen Zhang (ORNL), A.F.M. D. Santos (ORNL), Jamie Molaison (ORNL), Chris Ridley (ORNL), Jasmine Hinton (ORNL), Trevor G. Aguirre (ORNL), Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian (European Spallation Source)
