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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.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by Advanced Reactors
Monday, August 17, 2026|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Room 3
Session Chair:
Claudio A. Gariazzo
Alternate Chair:
Andrew S. Hahn (Sandia National Laboratories)
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Assessment of Cs-137 Plume Dispersion and Seasonal Monsoon Effects from Hypothetical SMR Accidents in Malaysia
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Aimi Nurnajihah B. Shahrul Kamil (Tokai University), Takaaki SAKAI
OpenMC Utilisation for the Generation of Cross-Section Data Libraries of Deterministic Codes
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Abdo Ez Aldeen (University of Liverpool)
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On the Nuclear Waste Footprint of Light Water SMRs: A Case Study
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Luigi Mercatali (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology), Douchka Dimitrijevic (École Centrale de Lyon), Sanchez-Espinoza H. Victor (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology), Marcus Seidl (PreussenElektra GmbH)
Handling the Consequences of Cladding Failure as part of the Cabri International Program
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Damien BONVALET (CEA Cadarache), Frédéric Lèbre (CEA - Cadarache), Emmanuel Rieux (CEA - Cadarache)
Retrospective Analysis of BWR Core Design and Suggestions from CoreDesigner.ai
2:20–2:40PM CDT
M. Rizki Oktavian (Blue Wave AI Labs), Maria Berardi, Michael J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), Pete Mrvos, Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Phil McCalley (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jordan Heim (Blue Wave AI Labs), John T. Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan M. Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)
