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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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NRC approves Westinghouse exemption request for AP1000 DC
Westinghouse has cleared a hurdle in its quest to renew and update the standard design certification (DC) for its AP1000 reactor with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of an exemption from scheduling requirements that limit when an applicant can apply for a DC renewal.
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)
