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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.”
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|300C
Session Chair:
Alexander J. Huning
Alternate Chair:
Michael D. Muhlheim
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
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Xe-100 PRA Initiating Events and Human Reliability Analysis Modeling Frameworks During the Early Design Stages
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Mostafa Hamza (NCSU), Huafei Liao (X-energy), Luke McSweeney (X-energy), Mark Cursey (X-energy), Karl Fleming (Technology Insights), Glen Lawson (X-energy), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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The Impact of Small Modular Reactor Design on Licensing and Regulation
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Muhammad Mahad (Ontario Power Generation), Lixuan Lu (Ontario Tech Univ.)
Considerations for the Risk-Informed Performance-Based Regulatory Treatment of Non-Core Sources of Radioactivity for Advanced Reactors
1:50–2:15PM EDT
David Grabaskas (ANL), Ben Chen (ANL), Scott Ferrara (INL), Jason Christensen (INL), Jason Andrus (INL)
NEAMS Activities Supporting Mechanistic Source Term Model Development for Molten Salt Reactors
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Shayan Shahbazi (ANL), Mauricio Tano (INL), Sara Thomas (ANL), Samuel Walker (INL), Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL), Yeongshin Jeong (ANL), Rushi Gong (Penn State), Dong Hoon Kam (ANL), Ben Chen (ANL), David Grabaskas (ANL)
