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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
Thursday, April 30, 2026|8:00–9:20AM EDT|Room 305
Session Chair:
Salvatore Oriti
Alternate Chair:
Luke Hansen
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Development of Bespoke Dragonfly MMRTG Secondary Cooling Chillers
8:00–8:20AM EDT
Leah Sopko (NASA Glenn Research Center), Lauren Clayman (NASA Glenn Research Center), Timothy Erickson (Johns Hopkins APL), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins APL), Dave Smith (Johns Hopkins APL)
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Silicon Germanium Thermoelectric Energy Conversion: The Application of Customized Modules in a Novel System
8:20–8:40AM EDT
Kenton Sherick (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Aniruddha Ray (RGS Development BV), Roy Compas (RGS Development BV), Aravind Babu (RGS Development BV), Wim van Schaik (RGS Development BV), Boyd A. Tolson (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Maarten den Heijer (RGS Development BV), Chadwick D. Barklay (Univ. Dayton Research Institute)
>30,000 Hours Lifetime Testing of SiGe Unicouples Prepared with SPS Materials for GPHS-RTG
8:40–9:00AM EDT
Jonathan Pierce (Johns Hopkins APL), Richard Ung (Johns Hopkins APL), Jake Ballard (Johns Hopkins APL), Tim Holgate (Johns Hopkins APL), Rasdip Singh (Soal Technologies), Mousumi Mitra (Univ. Virginia), Scott Misture (Alfred Univ.), Joseph Poon (Univ. Virginia), Timothy Erickson (Johns Hopkins APL), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins APL), Rama Venkatasubramanian (Johns Hopkins APL)
