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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|Methods
Monday, April 22, 2024|1:30–3:15PM PDT|Continental Ballroom 1
Session Chair:
Kazuya Yamaji (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
Alternate Chair:
Rodolfo M. Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower)
Session Organizer:
Go Chiba (Hokkaido University)
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Preliminary Validation of Intra-Pin Reaction Rate Predictions from the Deterministic Transport Codes GeN-Foam and MPACT
1:30–1:50PM PDT
Tom Mager (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Kyle Vaughn (Univ. Michigan), Mathieu Hursin (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan), Andreas Pautz (Paul Scherrer Institute)
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Initial Benchmarking of a New ENDF/B-VIII.1.β2-Based CASMO5 Neutron Data Library
1:50–2:10PM PDT
Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower), Charles Wemple (Studsvik Scandpower), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower)
Verification and Validation of the VANGARD Pinwise Nodal Code with Preliminary Analyses of BEAVRS Benchmark
2:10–2:30PM PDT
Seoyoon Jeon (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)