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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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North American construction is back—smaller and faster—at OPG’s Darlington
“The nuclear renaissance is real here,” said Ontario Power Generation’s Subo Sinnathamby on May 8, one year to the day after OPG secured a final investment decision to build the first of four planned BWRX-300 reactors at its Darlington nuclear power plant, and shortly after the new reactor’s foundation was lifted into place. “We got our license to construct in April and our [final investment decision] in May, and we’ve been off to the races since.”
Technical Session|Panel|Space Nuclear Propulsion
Tuesday, May 6, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|SPOC A (Space & Rocket Center)
Session Chair:
Julia E. Cline
Session Organizer:
Track Organizer:
Harold Gerrish (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
This discussion will include panelists who are working on tangential technologies in the area of in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing that will benefit space nuclear propulsion architectures.
Will Grier
NASA Langley Research Center
Mitchell Rodriguez
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Kerry Timmons
Lockheed Martin
John Lymer
MDA Space