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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
Wednesday, September 17, 2025|8:00–9:40AM CDT|Grand Salon DE
Session Chair:
Jeongwon Seo (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Alternate Chair:
Michael E. Rising
Session Organizer:
Travis M. Greene
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Polynomial Chaos Expansion for Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis of Integral Experiment Benchmark Evaluations
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Elijah C. Lutz (Sandia), John A. Miller (Sandia), Ayodeji B. Alajo (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Paper
Reassessing the Origins and Contemporary Relevance of ck Acceptability Parameters Given Evolving Perspectives on Similarity
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Veronica Karriem (ORNL), Travis Greene (ORNL), Douglas Bowen (ORNL)
Assessment of Source Term Uncertainties for Criticality Monitoring Simulations of Fukushima Daiichi Fuel Debris Retrieval Operations
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Lucas Rolison (LANL), Jawad Moussa (LANL), Michael Rising (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Verification of the Uniformly-Ordered Binary Decision Algorithm in Correlated-Benchmark Whisper Calculations
9:00–9:20AM CDT
A. R. Clark (LANL), M. E. Rising (LANL)
Criticality Safety S/U based USL Calculation for UCl3-NaCl Fuel Salt Operations
9:20–9:30AM CDT
Konner Casanova (INL)
SCALE Confirmatory Calculations to Support LEU+ Burnup Credit in PWR Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analyses
9:30–9:40AM CDT
Robert A. Hall (Duke Energy), David S. Orr (Duke Energy)