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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 Global Utilization of Nuclear Energy
Wednesday, August 19, 2026|3:30–5:15PM CDT|Room 4
Session Chair:
Matthew J. Nyberg (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Quantifying Cost Drivers and Uncertainties in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Scenarios through Integrated Modeling
3:30–3:50PM CDT
Yves Robert (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Eva E. Davidson (ORNL), Nathan Ryan (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Amanda M. Bachmann (Argonne National Laboratory), Taek Kyum Kim (Argonne National Laboratory), Scott Richards (Argonne National Laboratory), Jia Zhou (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Updated verification of Cyclus and NMB fuel cycle simulators
3:50–4:10PM CDT
Amanda M. Bachmann (Argonne National Laboratory), Kenji Nishihara (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Scott Richards (Argonne National Laboratory), Takumi Abe (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Bo Feng (Argonne National Laboratory)
Economic Assessment of Once-Through vs. Recycle Fuel Cycles in Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors
4:10–4:30PM CDT
Edward A. Hoffman (Argonne National Laboratory), Amanda M. Bachmann (Argonne National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Stauff (Argonne National Laboratory), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Cihang Lu, Zhaopeng Zhong (Argonne National Laboratory)
PROMISES OF THORIUM NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE VERSUS URANIUM BASED FUEL CYCLE -POSSIBILITIES AND PROSPECTS
4:30–4:50PM CDT
PRADIP DE (Krishi-O-Jalasampad Unnayan Society)
Development of a transmutation data repository
4:50–5:10PM CDT
Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Cihang Lu (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Ben Shu (Brookhaven National Laboratory)