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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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North American construction is back—smaller and faster—at OPG’s Darlington
“The nuclear renaissance is real here,” said Ontario Power Generation’s Subo Sinnathamby on May 8, one year to the day after OPG secured a final investment decision to build the first of four planned BWRX-300 reactors at its Darlington nuclear power plant, and shortly after the new reactor’s foundation was lifted into place. “We got our license to construct in April and our [final investment decision] in May, and we’ve been off to the races since.”
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Laguna A
Session Chairs:
Matthieu Duluc
Alex Salazar (SNL)
Session Organizer:
John D. Bess
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The Use of Multiple Water Barriers for Demonstrating Transport Criticality Safety of UK Spent Fuel for Disposal
Liam Payne (Nuclear Waste Services), Timothy W. Hicks (Galson Sciences), Robert M. Mason (Jacobs)
Paper
Post-Closure Canister Degradation Scenarios in Deep Geological Disposal: Preliminary Definition and Evaluation of Potential Impact on Reactivity
Nikitas Diomidis (Nagra), Susanne Pudollek (Nagra), Madalina Wittel (Nagra), Matthias Frankl (Paul Scherrer Institute), Alexander Vasiliev (Paul Scherrer Institute)
Analysis of Cementitious Fillers and Basket Modification Hardware for Post-Closure Criticality Mitigation
J.B. Clarity (PNNL), K. Banerjee (PNNL), L.P. Miller (PNNL)
Criticality Safety Assessment of Transport and Storage of Dross
Ju-Yuan Yeh (INL), Paul Sentieri (INL), Sean Cunningham (INL)