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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|Human Factors, Instrumentation, and Controls (HFICD)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|10:00–11:45AM MDT|Plaza Court 4/5
Session Chair:
Akshay K. Khandelwal (Purdue Univ.)
Alternate Chairs:
Edward Chen (INL)
Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.)
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An improved Digital Data Acquisition system in Nuclear Reactor Control Rooms with Redundancy and Data Transfer capabilities
10:00–10:20AM MDT
Akshay K. Khandelwal (Purdue Univ.), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Charie A. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Luca Ballarin (Synovus Solutions), Shripad T. Revankar (Purdue Univ.), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)
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Impact of Sensor Location on Transient State Inference in a Heat-Pipe-Cooled Microreactor Testbed
10:20–10:40AM MDT
Theo Kupper (TAMU), Matthew Barrows (TAMU), Hansol Kim (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
Designing for the End State: Aligning DOE and DoD Test Reactor Authorization with NRC Commercialization Requirements for Integrity, Vibration, and Dynamic Effects Programs
10:40–11:00AM MDT
Andy Crompton
Diagnosing Exchangeability Violations in Transient Data Using Permutation Tests
11:00–11:20AM MDT
Ben Manavi (Colorado State), Edward Chen (INL), Vincent P. Paglioni (Colorado State)