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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|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)
