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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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North American construction is back—smaller and faster—at OPG’s Darlington
“The nuclear renaissance is real here,” said Ontario Power Generation’s Subo Sinnathamby on May 8, one year to the day after OPG secured a final investment decision to build the first of four planned BWRX-300 reactors at its Darlington nuclear power plant, and shortly after the new reactor’s foundation was lifted into place. “We got our license to construct in April and our [final investment decision] in May, and we’ve been off to the races since.”
Technical Session|Isotope Production
Saturday, April 5, 2025|9:00–10:20AM MDT|Valle Grande 2
Session Chair:
Mark L. Wetzel
Alternate Chair:
Benjamin Murphy (Univ. New Mexico)
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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High-Power Target Design Optimization for Ac-225 Production
9:00–9:20AM MDT
Shereen Aissi (Univ. California, Berkeley), Isabella S. Bredwell (Univ. California, Berkeley), Damanpreet Bhattal (Univ. California, Berkeley), Darren Bleuel (LLNL), Dajie Sun (LBNL), Abby Lee (Univ. California, Berkeley), Rebecca Hebert (Univ. California, Berkeley), Andrew S. Voyles (LBNL), Lee A. Bernstein (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Paper
Analysis of Improved 232U Production Through the use of Cyclical Irradiation.
9:20–9:40AM MDT
Michael H. Divittorio (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Darby Walker (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Melis Y. Sakarya (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Identification of U and Th Surrogates and Their Chemical Characteristics for Chromatographic Separation
9:40–10:00AM MDT
Shams Al Azzawi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Mahmoud Khatab (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Tritium and Isotope Thermally Activated Network (TITAN) Reactor
10:00–10:20AM MDT
Eric A. Franklin (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Gavin R. Baird (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)