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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|Reactor Physics
Saturday, April 18, 2026|10:45–11:45AM CDT|RUDR 404
Session Chair:
William F. Sanders (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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Preliminary Neutronic Design of a Heat-Pipe Cooled Microreactor for Space Applications
10:45–11:05AM CDT
Chiara Genoni (TAMU), Sebastian Marchizano (TAMU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU)
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Extension of the CMFD-PCQS Method to Two-Dimensional Geometry
11:05–11:25AM CDT
Thales G. Figueiredo (Ohio State), Dean Wang (Ohio State)
Neutron Beam Dose Characterization at the Reed Research Reactor
11:25–11:45AM CDT
Vee Bartko (Reed College)
