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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|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Grand Salon AB
Session Chair:
Kristin Stolte
Alternate Chair:
Rowdy Davis
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PCI Nuclear Recriticality Test Study by Standards of ASTM E10&E37
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Yan Peng (CIAE)
Paper
Experimental Effects of Hand Reflection on the BeRP Ball
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Juan A. Dominguez (LANL), David G. Swindall (LANL), Steven J. Wachtel (LANL), David K. Hayes (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL), Kyle G. Mayfield (LANL)
Pulsed-Neutron Die-Away Experiment Design for Validating Heavy Water (D2O) Thermal Scattering Laws
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Rida Rahman (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Daniel Siefman (Univ. California, Berkeley), Jacob Glesmann (LLNL), Ruby Araj (LLNL), Vladimir Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Evaluation of Sandia NCS Benchmark Suite Updates
4:15–4:35PM CDT
A. Morell-Pacheco (Sandia), Z. Dodson (Univ. Michigan), W. M. Cook (Sandia), J. A. Miller (Sandia)
Challenges of Benchmarking the University of New Mexico's AGN-201M Reactor
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Larry L. Wetzel (Boston Government Services), Rowdy Davis (Univ. New Mexico), Robert D. Busch (Univ. New Mexico)