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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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NRC issues draft EA/FONSI for Duane Arnold restart
Efforts by NextEra Energy to restart the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant as early as 2029 continue to move forward with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's preliminary environmental assessment and determination that the restart would have no significant environmental impacts.
On Thursday, the NRC posted a draft environmental assessment and a finding of no significant impact for the Palo, Iowa, facility; the Federal Register notice was published on Monday. The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing is a cooperating agency on the draft EA, as the DOE is considering providing financial assistance to the restart project.
Technical Session
Monday, September 15, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Grand Salon AB
Session Chair:
Tracy Stover
Alternate Chair:
Brittany M. Williamson
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The Importance of Collaboration Throughout Transition into New Phases in Facility Lifecycles
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Lindsey Whiteley (Sellafield), Jennifer Bateman (Sellafield), Amy Van Der Vyver (Sellafield)
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Building a Collaborative Relationship between Contractor and Regulator at SRPPF
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Brittany Williamson (Spectra Tech), Michael Fendler (Sigma Science)
SPARC, an Effort to Reestablish a Horizontal Split Table Critical Facility for HALEU Experiments and Beyond
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL), Nicolas Martin (INL), Mark DeHart (INL), Catherine Percher (LLNL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), William Wieselquist (ORNL)
M441 Onsite Transport Dolly Implementation at the Y-12 National Security Complex
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Adam Walker (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex)
Modification and Resumption of the Static Experiment Critical Facility (STACY)
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Junichi Ishii (JAEA), Masakazu Seki (JAEA), Eiju Aizawa (JAEA), Masato Sumiya (JAEA), Tomoyuki Maekawa (JAEA), Yu Arakaki (JAEA), Kenta Hasegawa (JAEA), Shouhei Araki (JAEA), Kazuhiko Izawa (JAEA), Satoshi Gunji (JAEA)
