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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 Reprocessing and Fuel Conditioning
Monday, August 17, 2026|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Room 4
Session Chair:
Kenneth C. Marsden (Idaho National Laboratory)
Alternate Chair:
Stephanie H. Bruffey (Idaho National Laboratory)
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Transmutation to REDUCE (Recover Elements – Destroy Undesirable – Create Energy)
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Ross F. Radel (SHINE Technologies, LLC), Matthew J. Nyberg (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Abdul Momen, Ben Lindley (University of Wisconsin Madison), Adrien Couet (University of Wisconsin Madison), Nicolas E. Stauff (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Preliminary Unit Cost Estimates for Commercial-scale Pyro-processing Facility Ranging from 400 tonnes/year to 1800 tonnes/year
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Akpos Ebufegha (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)
Design Study of Metal Fuel Cycle Facility for Demonstration Fast Reactor in Japan
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Tadahiro Washiya (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Takanari Ogata (Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Hiromu Ambai (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Hideyuki Sugihara (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), sachimasa Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yoshikazu YAMADA (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Tsuyoshi Murakami (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Yoshiharu Sakamura (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
Technical Feasibility of a Small Metal-Fuel Fast Reactor and Pyrochemical Process as a Future Option for Fast Reactor Cycles
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Reiko FUJITA (The Canon Institute for Global Studies), Nobuo Tanaka (Tanaka Global Inc.), Fengjun Duan (The Canon Institute for Global Studies), Hisashi Yoshikawa (The Canon Institute for Global Studies)
Pyrochemical chloride salt treatment process with a preceding recovery of rare earth fission products
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Tsuyoshi Murakami (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry), Koichi Uozumi (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)