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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Nuclear is ready now
Michael Goff
I don’t think we’ve ever had a busier year in the Office of Nuclear Energy, and it’s probably been decades since we’ve had this much momentum within the overall U.S. nuclear industry.
President Trump and Energy Secretary Wright have made very clear the important role that nuclear must play in meeting our energy needs, and that’s well demonstrated by the four executive orders that the president signed [more than] 375 days ago. In nuclear, we’re now talking about days, not years.
Those EOs set a goal for the United States to quadruple the amount of nuclear that we have. We need to go from the 94 reactors that we have operating right now, which generate roughly 100 gigawatts of electricity, to 400 gigawatts by 2050.
10:00–11:40AM MDT
Sweeney B|Fission Surface Power/Nuclear Electric Propulsion
Session Chair: Andrew Zillmer|Alternate Chair: Aditya Shivprasad
Coronado/DeVargas|Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Session Chair: Christopher (Britton) Reynolds|Alternate Chair: Randy Bell
Panel|Sweeney F|Radioisotope Power Systems
Session Chair: Harsh Desai|Alternate Chair: Harsh Desai
Sweeney A|Radioisotope Power Systems
Session Chair: Nick R. Wozniak|Alternate Chairs: Nick R. Wozniak, Lauren Nelson
1:00–2:40PM MDT
Panel|Sweeney F|Fission Surface Power/Nuclear Electric Propulsion
Session Chair: Lindsay Kaldon|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Sweeney B|Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Session Chair: Minghui Chen|Alternate Chair: Katey Lenox
Session Chair: Stacey L. Eaton|Alternate Chair: Ari Foley
3:15–4:55PM MDT
Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell|Alternate Chair: Scott Wilson
Session Chair: Erofil Kardoulaki|Alternate Chair: Scarlett W. Paisner
Panel|Sweeney F|Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Session Chairs: Lee S. Mason, Mohamed El-Genk
Session Chair: Gabrielle Lee|Alternate Chairs: Gabrielle Lee, Timothy Schriener
Session Chair: Michael C. Miller|Alternate Chair: Georgette Alexander-Morrison
Session Chair: Kate Kelly|Alternate Chair: Holly R. Trellue
Session Chair: Lindsey Holmes|Alternate Chair: Lindsey Holmes
Session Chair: Jake R. Matthews|Alternate Chair: Robert Wingo
Session Chair: Randy Bell|Alternate Chair: Andrew Zillmer
Session Chair: Katey Lenox|Alternate Chair: Mohamed El-Genk
Session Chair: Elizabeth Bluhm|Alternate Chair: Adam Parkison
Session Chair: Mikaela Blood|Alternate Chair: Mikaela Blood
Session Chair: Timothy Schriener|Alternate Chair: Randy Bell
Session Chair: Duane Barber|Alternate Chair: Duane Barber
Session Chair: Timothy Reuter
Session Chair: Scott Wilson|Alternate Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell
Session Chair: Mikaela Blood|Alternate Chair: Katey Lenox
Session Chair: Nick Wozniak|Alternate Chair: Joe Giglio
11:40AM–1:00PM MDT
Sweeney CDE|Poster Session
Session Chair: Holly R. Trellue|Alternate Chair: Holly R. Trellue
Session Chair: Aditya Shivprasad|Alternate Chair: Caitlin A. Kohnert
Coronado/DeVargas|Nuclear Thermal Propulsion|Cosponsored by Radioisotope Power Systems
Session Chair: Stacey L. Eaton|Alternate Chair: Holly R. Trellue
Session Chair: Roberta Mulford|Alternate Chair: Amanda Robertson
Session Chair: Georgette Alexander-Morrison|Alternate Chair: Aditya Shivprasad
Session Chair: Doug Burns|Alternate Chair: Doug Burns
Session Chair: Tim Tinsley|Alternate Chairs: Tim Tinsley, Tim Gregory
