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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|Radiation Protection and Medical Physics
Friday, April 5, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Engineering Design and Innovation Building Room 326
Session Chair:
Aamer A. Bashir (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Brad Nethercutt (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Anomaly Detection in Background Radiation Data Using Machine Learning
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Brison A. Cowan (Oregon State)
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Design Concept of a Modular Radiological Containment (MRC) System
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Eric A. Franklin (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Cameron J. Ashley (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Nicolas Myers (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Quantitative Analysis of Robustness in Standard VMAT and 3D CRT VMAT Hybrid Planning: A Comparative Study
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Daniel G. Dos Santos (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brett Miller (Univ. Tennessee Medical Center Cancer Institute), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Characterization of InGaP and InGaP/InGaAs/Ge Alpha-Voltaic Cells in a Pelletron Accelerator
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Ryan A. Brockington (U.S. Military Academy), Hughes Deschner (U.S. Military Academy), Jonathan Clements (U.S. Military Academy), Kaylee Hahn (U.S. Military Academy), Roger Yerger (U.S. Military Academy)
