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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|Thermal Hydraulics (THD)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Plaza Court 2/3
Session Chair:
Robby Kile
Alternate Chair:
Ferry Roelofs
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Steam Line Break Analysis Methodology under Flexible Operation Conditions in Innovative Small Modular Reactor
1:00–1:20PM MDT
Seong ho Jee (KEPCO E&C), Gyu Cheon Lee (KEPCO E&C), Min Shin Jung (KEPCO E&C), Eun joo Lee (KEPCO E&C), Ung Soo Kim (KEPCO E&C)
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Reliability of Natural Circulation for Long-Term Heat Removal in SMR Systems
1:20–1:40PM MDT
Romney B. Duffey (Idaho Falls), Enrico Zio (Univ. Paris), Richard Schultz (Idaho Sate)
Validation of the Reactor Vessel Auxiliary Cooling System (RVACS) Model within SAS4A/SASSYS-1
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Yeongshin Jeong (ANL), Yang Zhao (ANL), Daniel O'Grady (ANL), Acacia J. Brunett (ANL)
Simulation of Heavy-gas Ingress Event in Natural Convection Shutdown Heat Removal Test Facility Using SAM
2:00–2:20PM MDT
Gang Yang (ANL), Michael Anthony Mendes (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)
Scaling Analysis of a Surrogate Fluid based Thermal Convection Loop for Digital Twin Data Generation
2:20–2:40PM MDT
Jerel W. Houston (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), V Vulcanoff (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Dale Cox (Abilene Christian Univ.), Timothy Head (Abilene Christian Univ.), T.S. Watson (Abilene Christian Univ.), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
