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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Front-end nuclear fuel supply cooperation: Turning allied interdependence into strategic advantage
The global nuclear revival, which is fueled by unprecedented demand for firm, affordable, dispatchable power for artificial intelligence and data center build-out, energy security imperatives, and climate commitments, has exposed a structural reality of the Western fuel cycle: No single allied nation currently possesses the full suite of front-end capabilities. From mining through conversion, enrichment, fabrication, and the emerging deconversion and metallization steps required for reactor fuels, capability is distributed across Canada, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States (collectively, the “Sapporo Five”), as well as a small group of close partners.
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 10, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Douglas Osborn (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Vaibhav Yadav (INL)
Session Producer:
Nora Fitton
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Risk-Informed Access Delay Timeline Development
10:10–10:40AM EST
Douglas M. Osborn (Sandia), Dusty Brooks (Sandia), Andrew Thompson (Sandia)
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Risk-Informed Approaches for Physical Security
10:40–11:10AM EST
Douglas M. Osborn (Sandia), Adam Williams (Sandia), Susan Caskey (Sandia), Andrew Clark (Sandia), Gregory Wyss (Sandia)
Methodology and Application of Physical Security Effectiveness Based on Dynamic Force-on-Force Modeling
11:10–11:40AM EST
Robby Christian (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Stephen Prescott (INL), Shawn St. Germain (INL)
Integrated Safety and Security Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants Using Dynamic Event Trees
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Brian Cohn (The Ohio State Univ.), Tunc Aldemir (The Ohio State Univ.), Troy Haskin (Sandia), Todd Noel (Sandia), Jeffrey Cardoni (Sandia), Douglas Osborn (Sandia)