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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|Operations and Power (OPD)
Monday, June 1, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Director's Row H
Session Chair:
So-Bin Cho (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Cihang Lu (Brookhaven)
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Small Modular Reactors as Strategic Energy Infrastructure: Markets, Geopolitics, and Deployment Risk
1:00–1:20PM MDT
J Michael Grappone, Caspar Donnison (LLNL), Javier Bejarano (LLNL)
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Assessing the Role of Small Modular Reactors in Achieving U.S. Energy Dominance Objectives
1:20–1:40PM MDT
J Michael Grappone (LLNL), Kathryn Walsh (LLNL), Mackenzie K. Nelson
First-Principles Analysis of Manufacturing Rate Impacts on Advanced High-Temperature Nuclear Plant Costs
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Jacob Prosser, Max Graham (Strategic Analysis, Inc.), Timothy Duffy (Strategic Analysis, Inc.)
Modeling of Nuclear Power Plant Construction Schedule to Evaluate Construction Risk
2:00–2:20PM MDT
Khaldoon Al-Dawood (INL), Levi M. Larsen (INL)
Operational Availability as a Bottleneck in Fusion Replication
2:20–2:40PM MDT
sophie broekers (Eindhoven University of Technology)