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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Droughts, wildfires continue to impact power plants in Europe
The effects of this summer’s historic heatwave continue to be felt across Europe. Soaring temperatures and drought in the region have led to elevated river temperatures, low river levels, and wildfires, which have significantly impacted nuclear power plants across the continent.
France’s Electricité de France has reported elevated river temperatures which have forced production cuts, including recent cuts at Golfech, and nuclear power plants in Hungary, Romania, and the United Kingdom, have faced exceptional challenges in recent days.
Technical Session
Wednesday, October 6, 2021|3:30–5:10PM EDT
Session Chair:
Agustin Abarca (NC State Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Shawn D. Pautz (Sandia National Laboratory)
Student Producer:
Aaron Tamashiro (Oregon State Univ.)
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Status of the OECD/NEA TVA Watts Bar 1 Benchmark and Monte Carlo Modeling of the "Zero Power Physics Test" Exercise
3:30–3:55PM EDT
T. Albagami (NC State Univ.), P. Rouxelin (NC State Univ.), A. Abarca (NC State Univ.), M. Avramova (NC State Univ.), K. Ivanov (NC State Univ.)
Paper
Verification of MPACT and VERA-CS for the APR1400 Benchmark
3:55–4:20PM EDT
Kaitlyn Barr (Univ. of Michigan), Sooyoung Choi (Univ. of Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. of Michigan)
Preliminary Results of the NEA FHR Benchmark Phase I-A and I-B (Fuel Element 2-D Benchmark)
4:20–4:45PM EDT
B. Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology), K. Ramey (Georgia Institute of Technology), I. Hill (OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency), E. Losa (Research Centre Rez), M. Elsawi (PNNL), Z. Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), C. Lu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), J. Gonzalez (McMaster Univ.), D. Novog (McMaster Univ.), G. Chee (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), K. Huff (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), M. Margulis (Univ. of Cambridge), N. Read (Univ. of Cambridge), E. Shwageraus (Univ. of Cambridge)
