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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Breaking ground on a new approach to construction
The drive to Kairos Power’s reactor demonstration site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., is not only scenic—it’s historic. Nearly 85 years ago, roughly 30,000 construction workers transformed orchards and farmland into a key Manhattan Project site. Depending on your route, you may pass by one of the three gatehouses that were once military checkpoints controlling access to Atomic Energy Commission production facilities.
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 9, 2021|2:50–4:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Hyun Gook Kang (RPI)
Alternate Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Session Producer:
Chase Blaeser
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Backward Failure Propagation for Conceptual System Design Using ISFA
2:50–3:20PM EST
Ali Mansoor (Ohio State Univ.), Xiaoxu Diao (Ohio State Univ.), Carol Smidts (Ohio State Univ.)
Paper
A Bayesian and HRA-Aided Method for the Novel Reliability Analysis of Software
3:20–3:50PM EST
Tate Shorthill (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Heng Ban (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Han Bao (INL), Hongbin Zhang (INL)
Development of Fuel-Specific Leak Frequencies Using a Hierarchical Probability Distribution Model With Bayesian Update
3:50–4:20PM EST
Dusty M. Brooks (Sandia), Brian D. Ehrhart (Sandia), Chris B. LaFleur (Sandia), Garrett W. Mulcahy (Purdue Univ.)
Development and Implementation of Risk-Monitor System for the Possibility of Performing Maintenance of Systems Important for Safety for Unit With VVER-1000 Reactor During Operation at Power
4:20–4:50PM EST
V. Demianiuk (NT-Engineering), M. Hlushchenko (NT-Engineering)
