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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
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|10:00–11:50AM CDT|Madison Ballroom
Session Chair:
Michael J. Loughlin
Alternate Chair:
Iole Palermo
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Overview of GEOUNED Code
10:00–10:25AM CDT
J.P. Catalan (Univ. Nacional de Educacion a Distancia), P. Sauvan (UNED), J. Alguacil (UNED), F. Ogando (UNED), J. Sanz (UNED)
Paper
Verification of Design Support Neutronics Workflow
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Amanda Johnson (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Henry Boyd (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Ryanne Kennedy (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Initial Implementation of the D1S Methodology for Shutdown Dose Rate Calculations in the OpenMC Monte Carlo Particle Transport Code
10:50–11:10AM CDT
Paul K. Romano (ANL), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL), Ethan E. Peterson (MIT)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Facilitating Stellarator Power Plant Design with Parametric Modeling Capability
11:10–11:30AM CDT
Connor Moreno (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Edgar Pflug (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Joshua Smandych (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Eitan Weinstein (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Syn Hubbard (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Aaron Bader (Type One Energy), Paul Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Summary and Recommendations of the Fusion-Focused 2024 Workshop for Applied Nuclear Data Activities (WANDA2024) and the Outlook of Nuclear Data for Fusion
11:30–11:50AM CDT
Keegan J. Kelly (LANL), Amy E. Lovell (LANL), Jesse M. Brown (ORNL), Todd A. Bredeweg (LANL), Michael Loughlin (ORNL), Dieter Liechtle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Jennifer Jo Ressler (LLNL), Laura Gustad (Missile Defense Agency), Paul Humrickhouse (ORNL), Sofia Quaglioni (LLNL), Stephanie Lyons (PNNL), Paul Romano (ANL), Paul Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
