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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 Safeguards, Security, and Nonproliferation
Tuesday, August 18, 2026|1:30–3:15PM CDT|Room 4
Session Chair:
Logan Scott (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Oluwatomi A. Akindele (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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Advanced Reactor Safeguards and Security: A Changing Regulatory Landscape
1:30–1:50PM CDT
Benjamin B. Cipiti (Sandia National Laboratories)
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U.S. DOE/NE MPACT Program Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle Activities
1:50–2:10PM CDT
Michael Browne (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Tansel Selekler (DOE Office of Nuclear Energy), Makayla Sanchez, Colin Carroll (BNL)
Development of IAEA Verification Parameters for HALEU as a Direct-Use Material
2:10–2:30PM CDT
Edwin S. Lyman (Union Of Concerned Scientists), Christopher Fichtlscherer (MIT)
Generic Design Recommendations to Improve Intrinsic Proliferation Resistance of Advanced Reactors
2:30–2:50PM CDT
Karen K. Hogue (ORNL), Sunil S. Chirayath (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), David Chandler, Thomas Hanlon (Y-12 National Security Complex)