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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Reactor criticality, states’ new nuclear plans among NECX 2026 highlights
The second day of the Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX 2026) kicked off with success stories on the start-up and state levels.
In Wednesday’s opening plenary session, representatives of three of the four companies that reached criticality on or before Executive Order 14301’s July 4 target date—Aalo Atomics, Antares Nuclear, and Deployable Energy—talked about the run-up to meeting the deadline. Following the opener, officials from Kentucky, New York, and Utah discussed ambitious plans to expand nuclear power in their respective states.
Technical Session|Operations & Power
Friday, April 17, 2026|2:30–3:30PM CDT|RUDR 504
Session Chair:
Richard Ridings (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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Multistage Modeling of Nuclear Energy Viability on ERCOT Using GenX
2:30–2:40PM CDT
Laila Qutob (Univ. Texas, Austin), Rachael I. Seidel (Univ. Texas, Austin), Michael E. Webber (Univ. Texas, Austin), Joshua Rhodes (Univ. Texas, Austin), Derek Haas
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Design Concept of sCO2-Cooled GPT-Marine Reactor Inspired by the U.S. MGCR
2:40–2:50PM CDT
Yeongchan Kim (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)
Bitcoin Mining as a Potential Enabler for Low Cost Fully Nuclear Energy Grids
2:50–3:00PM CDT
Loïc Magnan (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Risk and Efficiency Analysis of PWR-MED Cogeneration
3:00–3:10PM CDT
Avigail Sitton (TAMU), Robby Christian (INL)
Characterization of Radiation-Induced Effects in Brillouin Optical Time-Domain Analysis at Cryogenic Temperatures
3:10–3:20PM CDT
Emmal Dashti (Penn State), Matthew Leoschke (Penn State), Zachary Van Horn (Penn State), William Lo (Penn State), Shlomi Zilberman (Penn State), Federico Scurti (Penn State)
