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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|Materials Science & Technology
Saturday, April 18, 2026|1:15–2:15PM CDT|RUDR 302
Session Chair:
Jayci Martin
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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Developing Guidelines for Quantifying Amorphous Fractions using Different Characterization Techniques
1:15–1:35PM CDT
Will Gardner (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Cale C. Overstreet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Maik Lang (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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ReaxFF Molecular Dynamics Modeling of FLiNaK Molten Salt with Cr/Ni Solutes
1:35–1:55PM CDT
Jaimee L. Cabili (Penn State), Hamdy Arkoub (Penn State), Mia Jin (Penn State)