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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|Fuel Cycles, Waste Management, and Decommissioning
Saturday, April 6, 2024|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Hammond Room 220
Session Chair:
Kelly Varnell (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Stiphany Ta Tieu (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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An INDEPTH Analysis of Spent Pebbles
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Benjamin A. Impson (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Design and Fabrication of a Cone-Segments System to Implement Expansion Tests in Nuclear Fuel Cladding
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Lilith Miller (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Victoria Davis (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carlos Castano (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Reza Mohammadi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Combined Lattice Physics Fuel Management Optimization for Boiling Water Reactors
2:15–2:35PM EDT
Cole A. Howard (NCSU), Derek Freeman (NCSU), Joshua Yagozinski (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU)
Levelized Cost of Electricity for SMRs in the State of Virginia
2:35–2:55PM EDT
Ruben Glover (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Aristidis Loumis-Demetrakopoulos (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Supathorn Phongikaroon (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Oleg Korenok (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
