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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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A closer look at NRC’s proposed rule eliminating ALARA
On July 1, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed removing the “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA) principle from its radiation protection regulations and replacing it with a graded approach. The agency also proposed increases to effluent dose limits and adjusting how it handles allowances for exceeding dose limits.
Technical Session|Operations and Power (OPD)
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|8:00–9:45AM MDT|Director's Row H
Session Chair:
Prashant Jain
Alternate Chair:
Khaldoon Al-Dawood
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Review of Turbine Upgrade Methodology in Support of Nuclear Power Plant Uprate
8:00–8:20AM MDT
Khaldoon Al-Dawood (INL), Junyung Kim (INL), Tyler Westover (INL)
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Functional Decomposition Approach for Early-Stage Nuclear Power Plant Design and Scaling
8:20–8:40AM MDT
Khaldoon Al-Dawood (INL), Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)
Lean Delivery for the Nuclear Renaissance: A Delivery Framework for SMRs and Advanced Nuclear Projects
8:40–9:00AM MDT
Haley Rogers (Boulder Associates), Sean Noonan (Whiting-Turner)
Evaluation of Potential Uses of LLMs to Compile Reactor Data
9:00–9:20AM MDT
Michael Parnell (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)
