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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|Testing, Evaluation, and Production Supply Chain
Tuesday, April 28, 2026|8:00–9:20AM EDT|Room 306
Session Chair:
Sara Sumner
Alternate Chair:
Kaitlyn Judd
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Design and Safety Review of MIT Reactor Hydrogen Environment Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Fuel Test Loop
8:00–8:20AM EDT
P. Riley (MIT), N. Cetiner (MIT), A. Seshadri (MIT), D. Carpenter (MIT), K. Shirvan (MIT)
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Preliminary Findings of the Experimental Development Unit Cold Flow Test for a Generation Zero NTP Engine
8:20–8:40AM EDT
Jason Sheth (NASA), Elaine Hatfield (NASA), Aubrey McKelvy (Amentum ESSCA), Eetu Kohtanen (Amentum ESSCA), Roman Sherrod (Amentum ESSCA), Ryan Swanson (BWXT)
Initial Experiments of a CNTP Engine With the Buckeye BUBLERR
8:40–9:00AM EDT
Spencer Christian (Ohio State), Liam Foss (Ohio State), Roshan Robinson (Ohio State), Calvin Chandler (Ohio State), Joshua Naudet (Ohio State), John Horack (Ohio State)
Regulatory Feasibility of Contemporary Atmospheric NTP Testing
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Demir Can Erkiralp (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Loïc Magnan (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Tomasz Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
