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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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The United States and Canada are preparing to build and renew nuclear capacity at a scale not seen in decades. New construction, refurbishments, reactor restarts, license renewals, and a pipeline of small modular reactors and microreactors are advancing at once, driven by increasing power demands.
Technical Session|Methods Development
Wednesday, July 23, 2025|10:00AM–12:05PM EDT|Gulf Room
Session Chair:
Rodolfo M. Ferrer (Studsvik)
Alternate Chair:
David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear)
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Simulating Challenging BWR Operation Conditions with CMS5
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Petri Forslund Guimarães (Studsvik), Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik), Christian Jönsson (Studsvik), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik), Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik)
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BWR Control Blade Depletion Modeling with SIMULATE5
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Tamer Bahadir (Studsvik)
Acceleration of 3D Nodal Diffusion Code RAST-K for Transient Analysis using Memory Access Pattern Optimization and Parallelization
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Hyungwoo Sohn (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Jinsu Park (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
APEX: An Efficient and Fast-Running Simulator for Multicycle Core Analysis
11:15–11:40AM EDT
David Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Aaron Graham (Veracity Nuclear)
CIPS Index Predictions for Fixed Incore Detection Systems
11:40AM–12:00PM EDT
Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Cole Gentry (Veracity Nuclear), Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Dave J. Kropaczek (Veracity Nuclear)