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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|Reactor Physics
Saturday, April 6, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Hosler Room 026
Session Chair:
Caroline E. Ishak (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Katheren R. Bosson Nantes (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan Balog (Penn State University)
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Development of a Hybrid Neutron Transport Solver
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Hirepan Palomares Chavez (Chalmers Univ. Technology)
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Analysis of Metal Hydroxides as Coolants/Moderators for Small Modular Reactors
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Michael Brandt (U.S. Naval Academy), Stuart R. Blair (U.S. Naval Academy)
Variance Reduction within Implicit Monte Carlo Thermal Radiation Transport Using the Local Importance Function Transform
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Max S. Hollett (Oregon State)
Quickly Generating ORIGEN XS Libraries with OBIWAN in Preparation for MSR Thermochemical Analysis
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Kyle J. Luna (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
