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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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EnCore receives BLM authorization for dormant uranium project
EnCore Energy announced on June 18 that the Bureau of Land Management issued a final decision and approved the Dewey Burdock uranium project, authorizing the company to begin construction for the uranium in situ recovery project in southwestern South Dakota.
Technical Session|Nuclear Installations Safety (NISD)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|10:00–11:45AM MDT|Tower A
Session Chair:
Aaron Epiney (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Robert Kile
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Evaluating Passive and Active Safety Systems Reliability
10:00–10:20AM MDT
R. B. Duffey (Idaho Falls), E. Zio (Mines Paris-PSL Univ.), Richard R. Schultz (Idaho State)
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Introduction to a New Sampling-based Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment Tool
10:20–10:40AM MDT
Joseph F. O'Leary (Univ. Maryland), Mohamed Nassar (Univ. Maryland), Lia Anderson (Univ. Maryland), Yunfei Zhao (Univ. Maryland)
Evaluating Scalability of Dose-Based Siting Boundaries for Multi-Unit Advanced Reactor Plants Using a Consequence-Driven Physical Security-Informed Framework
10:40–11:00AM MDT
Dillon Scott (TAMU), Miranda Lorenzo (Georgia Tech), Shaheen A. Dewji (Georgia Tech), Karen V. Kirkland (TAMU)
Design and Validation of a Novel Apparatus for Experimental Investigation of Pyrophoricity Testing of LaNi4.25Al0.75 Hydride
11:00–11:20AM MDT
Adil Riahi (SRNL), Greg Staack (SRNL), Jose A. Cortes -Concepcion (SRNL)