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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|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Grand Salon AB
Session Chair:
Satoshi Gunji
Alternate Chair:
Brittany M. Williamson
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The Pre-service Inspections for the Static Experiment Critical Facility (STACY)
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Kenta Hasegawa (JAEA), Masakazu Seki (JAEA), Eiju Aizawa (JAEA), Masato Sumiya (JAEA), Tomoki Yoshikawa (JAEA), Tomoyuki Maekawa (JAEA), Junichi Ishii (JAEA), Shouhei Araki (JAEA), Kazuhiko Izawa (JAEA), Satoshi Gunji (JAEA)
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Design of Heterogenous Core Configurations with Concrete Rods in the Modified STACY Facility
1:20–1:40PM CDT
B. Dechenaux (ASNR), M. Brovchenko (ASNR), S. Gunji (JAEA), S. Araki (JAEA), K. Suyama (JAEA)
Critical Experiment Analyses in the Modified STACY Core Simulating Fuel Debris
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Shigeki Shiba (Nuclear Regulatory Authority of Japan), Satoshi Gunji (JAEA), Kazuhiko Izawa (JAEA)
Experiments on Concrete-Loaded Core in the Modified STACY
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Shouhei Araki (JAEA), Yu Arakaki (JAEA), Tomoyuki Maekawa (JAEA), Yutaka Kamikawa (JAEA), Kenta Hasegawa (JAEA), Tomoki Yoshikawa (JAEA), Yuta Tada (JAEA), Masato Sumiya (JAEA), Masakazu Seki (JAEA), Eiju Aizawa (JAEA), Junichi Ishii (JAEA), Kazuhiko Izawa (JAEA), Daiki Shiba (NRA), Shigeki Shiba (NRA), Satoshi Gunji (JAEA)
Studies of Nuclear Criticality Safety of Fuel Debris using the Modified STACY Critical Assembly
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Gunji S. (JAEA), Araki S. (JAEA), Yoshikawa T. (JAEA), Arakaki Y. (JAEA), Aizawa E. (JAEA), Seki M. (JAEA), Ishii J. (JAEA), Izawa K. (JAEA), Shiba S. (NRA), Iwahashi D. (NRA)
