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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 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)
