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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|Technology Research and Development
Thursday, April 30, 2026|10:10–11:30AM EDT|Room 306
Session Chair:
Jarvis Caffrey
Alternate Chair:
Jacob Stonehill
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Validation Efforts of Neutronic Transport Methods Applied to HALEU Fuel for Prospective Space Applications
10:10–10:30AM EDT
Catalin Alexandru Stafie (PSI), Gregory Perret (PSI), Alexander Vasiliev (PSI), Hakim Ferroukhi (PSI)
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Analysis of the XE Prime Experimental Reactor at Wet Conditions
10:30–10:50AM EDT
Camden Eck (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
Validation of Cardinal Coupled Neutronics and Thermomechanics Using the KRUSTY Experiments
10:50–11:10AM EDT
Michael Anthony Mendes (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Mahmoud Eltawila (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Kevin C. Sawatzky (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Richard C. Martineau (Sawtooth Simulation, LLC)
Accelerating Space Nuclear Propulsion Development with Analytical Radiation Source Approximations for Far-Field Environment Modeling
11:10–11:30AM EDT
Eleni Mowery (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Corey Smith (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Benoit Forget (MIT), Jarvis Caffrey (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
