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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|Reactor Physics (RPD)
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|8:00–9:45AM MDT|Governor's Square 14
Session Chair:
Jiankai Yu
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)
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Multiphysics Modeling of Molten Salt Reactors Using MOOSE and OpenMC
8:00–8:20AM MDT
Branko Kovacevic (NextGen Nuclear Power Corporation), Lise Charlot, Stefano Terlizzi (Penn State - Ken and Mary Alice Linquist Department of Nuclear Engineering)
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Update on New Models Available on the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) in 2026
8:20–8:40AM MDT
Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Patrick Behne (INL), Joshua E. Hansel (INL), Lise Charlot, Veerappan Prithivirajan (INL), Benjamin Spencer (INL), Daniel Grammer, Travis Lange (INL), Khaldoon Al-Dawood, Ethan M. Lang (Idaho State University Serials Dept), Ryan H. Stewart (INL), Mustafa K. Jaradat (INL), Yaqi Wang (INL), Thomas Folk (Idaho National Laboratory - National Reactor Innovation Center), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Ahmed Amin Abdelhameed (ANL), Emily R. Shemon (ANL)
MOOSEnger — a Domain-Specific AI Agent for MOOSE Ecosystem
8:40–9:00AM MDT
Mengnan Li (INL), Jason Miller, Zachary M. Prince (INL), Alexander D. Lindsay, Cody J. Permann (INL)
Multiphysics Modeling of Molten Salt Reactor Transients Using MOOSE Applications
9:00–9:20AM MDT
Branko Kovacevic (NextGen Nuclear Power Corporation), Stefano Terlizzi (Penn State - Ken and Mary Alice Linquist Department of Nuclear Engineering)