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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 Front End Fuel Cycle Technologies
Wednesday, August 19, 2026|1:30–3:15PM CDT|Room 2
Session Chair:
Riley D. Hunley (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL))
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Designing the Next Generation of Uranium Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation
1:30–1:50PM CDT
Christopher F. Carson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Mark E. Walker (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Brett Isselhardt (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), John Creasy (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Philip DePond (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Daniel Lauriola (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Kevin Robben (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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Building the U.S. Laser Enrichment Ecosystem: Technology Readiness, Supply Chain Resilience, and Workforce Integration
1:50–2:10PM CDT
Lloyd J. Jollay (LIS Technologies), Daniel D. Hartman (LIS Technologies Inc.), Julie Olivier (LIS Technologies), Viktor Chikan (LIS Technologies)
Electrolytic Reduction of UO2 to Pave a Path for Domestic Metallic HALEU Fuel Production
2:10–2:30PM CDT
Bethany Dean-Kersten (Argonne National Laboratory), Matthew Ruehl, Thomas G. Ensley (GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Rachael L. Nolfi, Sarah G. Ortman, Krista L. Hawthorne
Gas ignition tests on two thermal decomposition products of polycarbonate -Computational modeling approach to explain the unexpected flammability-
2:30–2:50PM CDT
Takuya Ohno (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Shinsuke Tashiro (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yuki Amano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Naoki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Ryoichiro Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Seiji Takeda (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)