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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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The deadline arrives: Checking in on the Reactor Pilot Program
On May 23, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14301, “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the DOE,” which instructed the Department of Energy to create a Reactor Pilot Program (RPP)—a new system in which companies could pursue DOE authorization to build and test their first-of-a-kind nuclear technologies. EO 14301 set an ambitious goal for that program: three reactors achieving criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 9, 2021|2:50–4:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Robert Budnitz (Lawrence Berkeley Lab (ret0)
Alternate Chair:
Sai Zhang (INL)
Session Producer:
Sam Brewer
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Development of Plant-Specific Offsite Power Non-Recovery Factors for High Winds Probabilistic Risk Assessment
2:50–3:20PM EST
Kyle Hope (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jenifer Avellaneda Diaz (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Daniel Tirsun (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Paper
Challenges and Lessons Learned With Using FRANX for Development of High Winds Probabilistic Risk Assessment Fault Trees
3:20–3:50PM EST
Insights From Straight Winds Validation of the Tornado Missile Strike Calculator
3:50–4:20PM EST
Kyle Hope (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Nicole Gaussa (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Chris Rochon (EPRI)
Evaluation of Combined External Hazards Research Needs
4:20–4:50PM EST
Stephen M. Hess (Jensen Hughes), Leo B. Shanley (Jensen Hughes), Nicholas Lovelace (Jensen Hughes), Ashley Lindeman (EPRI)