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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 Waste Management
Monday, August 17, 2026|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Room 1
Session Chair:
Tania Rivas
Alternate Chair:
Ramon M. Pulido
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Recriticality analysis in accidental scenarios for PWR and BWR casks
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Francisco Alvarez-Velarde (CIEMAT), Roberto García-Baonza (CIEMAT, currently at Alter Technology Tüv Nord), Sonia Panizo (CIEMAT)
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Implementing a Protocol for Evaluating In-situ the Behavior of UO2-based Nuclear Fuels under Dry Interim Storage Conditions
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Jone M. Elorrieta (CIEMAT), Abel Milena-Pérez (CIEMAT), Sergio Fernández-Carretero (CIEMAT), Luis Gutiérrez-Nebot (CIEMAT), Iván Sánchez-García (CIEMAT), Nieves Rodríguez-Villagra (CIEMAT), Hitos Galán (CIEMAT)
Decay Heat Characterization for Different Nuclear Data Libraries using CASMO5
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Sofia Portolan (Paul Scherrer Institut), Dimitri Rochman (Nagra), Julien Taforeau (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire et de radioprotection (ASNR)), Teodosi Simeonov (Studsvik Scandpower), Alexander Vasiliev (Paul Scherrer Institute), Andreas Pautz (Paul Scherrer Institute)
