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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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FERC approves Constellation waiver request on Crane restart
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved Constellation’s waiver request to transfer PJM capacity interconnection rights from one of its gas- and oil-powered plants to its Crane nuclear power plant (formerly Three Mile Island-1).
While Constellation executives previously said that an unsuccessful waiver request wouldn’t have prevented the Middletown, Pa., plant from restarting as soon as 2027, it could have impacted whether Crane could fully deliver power to the grid once it is on line. The decision, issued by FERC on June 1, likely helps facilitate Constellation’s path forward for the plant’s restart.
Technical Session
Wednesday, September 17, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Grand Salon AB
Session Chair:
Cole Kolstelac
Alternate Chair:
Jesson D. Hutchinson
Session Organizer:
Rowdy Davis
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TRISO-form HALEU-fueled Experiment for Transport Applications (THETA) Experimental Design and Simulation Results
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Kristin Stolte (LANL), Alex Levinsky (LANL), Christopher Campbell (Kairos Power), Nader Satvat (Kairos Power), Theresa Cutler (LANL)
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The National Criticality Experiments Research Center: Accomplishments and Experiments Related to Criticality Safety in the Last Three Years
1:20–1:40PM CDT
George E. McKenzie (LANL), Kelsey Amundson (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL), Nicholas W. Thompson (LANL), Nicholas H. Whitman (LANL)
Quantifying Benchmark Submission Improvement with TSUNAMI-IP and TSURFER
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Rowdy Davis (Univ. New Mexico), Christopher M. Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico), Larry L. Wetzel (LL Wetzel, LLC.)
Lilith: An Enduring Plutonium Critical Assembly
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Cole Kostelac (LANL), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL), George E. McKenzie (LANL), Kristin N. Stolte (LANL), Robert C. Little (LANL)
Enhancements to the KENO Validation Benchmark for Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analyses
2:20–2:30PM CDT
Robert Hall (Duke Energy), David S. Orr (Duke Energy)
Absolute Efficiency Characterization of Neutron Detectors within Radioisotope Identification Devices
2:30–2:40PM CDT
Nuria A. Putnam (TAMU), Craig M. Marianno (TAMU), Nicholas H. Whitman (LANL), Sam Meijer (LANL), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL)