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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Elementl plans Ohio nuclear plant; Oklo, Centrus sign Ohio-centered LOI
Nuclear project developer Elementl Power announced June 18 its plans to build a nuclear power plant in southeast Ohio with a planned capacity of up to 1.5 GW.
Elementl already has a reactor design in mind, having reached an early works agreement with GE Vernova Hitachi to deploy the company's BWRX-300 small modular reactors. According to Elementl, construction on the first unit could begin in 2030—subject to a final investment decision and regulatory approvals—with an anticipated completion date of 2034.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Thursday, July 20, 2023|8:00–9:30AM EDT|301A
Session Chair:
Xiaoxu Diao
Alternate Chair:
Sushil K. Birla
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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State of the Art for Addressing Hazards from Common Causes in Engineering Digital Instrumentation & Control (I&C) Systems
8:00–8:25AM EDT
Sushil Birla (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Paper
An Evaluation Approach to Common Cause Failures for Instrumentation and Control Systems Design
8:25–8:50AM EDT
Xiaoxu Diao (Ohio State), Boyuan Li (Ohio State), Carol Smidts (Ohio State)
Failure Modes of Programmable Logic Circuits
8:50–9:15AM EDT
Raimund J. Heigl (TÜV Rheinland Industrie Service), Horst Miedl (TÜV Rheinland Industrie Service)