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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|Human Factors, Instrumentation, and Controls (HFICD)
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|1:15–3:00PM MDT|Governor's Square 15
Session Chair:
Edward Chen (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Application of Particle Filter for Sensor Anomaly Detection in Nuclear Power Plants
1:15–1:35PM MDT
Edward Chen (INL), Ben Manavi (Colorado State), Vincent P. Paglioni (Colorado State)
Paper
Real-Time Gamma Monitoring of Plutonium Casting
1:35–1:55PM MDT
Reid H. Bohanon (LANL), Andrew Akin (LANL), Andrew Liebmann (LANL), Stephen S. Raiman (Univ. Michigan), Jung Rim (LANL)
Margin-Based System-Level Health of a Condenser System in a Pressurized Water Reactor
1:55–2:15PM MDT
Mattia Zanotelli (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Foundation Model-Aware Observers for Secure Digital Twin Monitoring of Advanced Reactor Systems
2:15–2:35PM MDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois Univ.), Jay Phil Yoo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ismail Hossain (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Md Jahangir Alam (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Sajedul Talukder (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Quantifying Diagnostic Utility of Unmeasured Variables for NPP Anomaly Detection
2:35–2:55PM MDT
Tran C. Nguyen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)