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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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NN Asks: Is the U.S. ready for nuclear construction to accelerate?
Craig Stover
Yes, but . . .
The United States is better positioned today for nuclear construction than it has been in decades. Some of that comes from the experience gained at Vogtle and V.C. Summer. I was part of the team that helped start the V.C. Summer project in 2008, and at that time we were trying to build a nuclear construction workforce from scratch. We learned a lot through that effort, and many of those lessons learned have since been studied, documented, and shared.
The nuclear industry is also benefiting from the wave of investment that started growing around 2020. Over the last five or six years, there has been a serious effort across the country to get ready for new nuclear builds. The U.S. government and the private sector are investing billions of dollars in new nuclear. Much of that work is happening before widespread commercial deployment contracts are signed. This is real, and we need to prepare.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Monday, June 14, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Kaushik Banerjee
Alternate Chair:
Stephanie H. Bruffey
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Mich Leana (ANS)
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Multi-Axial Stresses Analysis of Hydride Reorientation in Zr-Nb Alloy Cladding Tubes
Dongyeon Kim (Seoul National Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul National Univ.)
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Calculations of CISCC for UNF Canisters through Physics-Guided Machine Learning Framework
Yi Xie (Purdue Univ.), Miaomiao Jin (Pennsylvania State Univ.)
Experimental Study on the Mechanical Stability of a 47 GWd/tHM Nuclear Fuel Rod
E. Vlassopoulos (National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste), D. Papaioannou (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate for Nuclear Safety and Security), R. Nasyrow (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate for Nuclear Safety and Security), V. Rondinella (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate for Nuclear Safety and Security), S. Caruso (Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG), E. Schweitzer (Framatome GmbH)
Finite Element Evaluation of Spent Nuclear Fuel for Dynamic Impact Load Cases
Oscar A. Martinez (ORNL), Rose Montgomery (ORNL), Bruce Bevard (ORNL)
Toward a Global Monitoring Program for Neutron Absorber Material Monitoring in Spent Fuel Pools
Hatice Akkurt (Electric Power Research Institute), Amanda Jenks (Dominion Engineering)
