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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|Lightning Talks
Friday, April 5, 2024|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Hallowell Nuclear Innovation Commons
Session Chair:
Erik Hisahara (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Aamer Bashir (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Investigating Molten Salt Corrosion: A ReaxFF Molecular Dynamics Study
1:35–1:45PM EDT
Daniel H. Flynn (Penn State), Hamdy Arkoub (Penn State)
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Implementation of Radiation in Cardinal Single Pebble Model for Low Flow Accident Scenarios
1:45–1:55PM EDT
Michael J. Seneca (Penn State), Haomin Yuan (ANL), Luiz C. Aldeia (Penn State), David Reger (Penn State), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
Economic Analysis of a Fusion Fission Hybrid System
1:55–2:05PM EDT
Virginia Lilly (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Matthew Nyberg (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
X-ray-Triggered Dual-Response in Lanthanum-Doped LaPO4 Nanoparticles for Enhanced Radiotherapy
2:05–2:15PM EDT
Santiago Bermudez Naranjo (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Predicting Solution Color in Solvent Extraction Using Machine Learning and Non-Traditional Sensor Measurements
2:15–2:25PM EDT
Omobolade A. Odedoyin (Johns Hopkins Univ.), Edna Cardenas (INL), Luis Ocampo Giraldo (INL), Mitchell R. Greenhalgh (INL), Jay D. Hix (INL), Camas M. Walker (INL), James T. Johnson (INL), Katherine Wilsdon (INL)
Machine Learning Optimization for the Monte Carlo Particle Simulation of an NDA Technique
2:25–2:35PM EDT
Nelson H. Snow (Idaho State), Christopher Reynolds (GE Vernova Advanced Research)