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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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NN Asks: Is the U.S. ready for nuclear construction to accelerate?
Craig Stover
Yes, but . . .
The United States is better positioned today for nuclear construction than it has been in decades. Some of that comes from the experience gained at Vogtle and V.C. Summer. I was part of the team that helped start the V.C. Summer project in 2008, and at that time we were trying to build a nuclear construction workforce from scratch. We learned a lot through that effort, and many of those lessons learned have since been studied, documented, and shared.
The nuclear industry is also benefiting from the wave of investment that started growing around 2020. Over the last five or six years, there has been a serious effort across the country to get ready for new nuclear builds. The U.S. government and the private sector are investing billions of dollars in new nuclear. Much of that work is happening before widespread commercial deployment contracts are signed. This is real, and we need to prepare.
Technical Session|Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Friday, April 5, 2024|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Hammond Room 220
Session Chair:
Alexander Hauck (Penn State)
Alternate Chair:
Katheren R. Bosson Nantes (Penn State)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State)
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Thermal Conductivity Degradation Due to The Point Defects and Fission Products for Irradiated UO2 Fuel.
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Mutaz f. Alshannaq (Ohio State), Joshua Ferrigno (Ohio State), Marat Khafizov (Ohio State)
Paper
Cluster Dynamics of Interstitial Extended Defects Evolution in ThO2 Under Irradiation and Post-irradiation Annealing
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Md Minaruzzaman (Ohio State), Marat Khafizov (Ohio State)
Investigating the Solubility Limit of CrF3 in FLiNaK Molten Salt
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Dana Hejazi (Univ. California, Berkeley), Alexandra M. Kennedy (Univ. California, Berkeley), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Oxidation of FeCrAl Alloys Exposed to High-Temperature Steam and Quenching
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Victoria Davis (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lilith Miller (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carlos E. Castano (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Reza Mohammadi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
