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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Front-end nuclear fuel supply cooperation: Turning allied interdependence into strategic advantage
The global nuclear revival, which is fueled by unprecedented demand for firm, affordable, dispatchable power for artificial intelligence and data center build-out, energy security imperatives, and climate commitments, has exposed a structural reality of the Western fuel cycle: No single allied nation currently possesses the full suite of front-end capabilities. From mining through conversion, enrichment, fabrication, and the emerging deconversion and metallization steps required for reactor fuels, capability is distributed across Canada, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States (collectively, the “Sapporo Five”), as well as a small group of close partners.
Technical Session|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods
Tuesday, October 11, 2022|10:15–11:55AM EDT|Branle
Session Chair:
Ian Porter (GE)
Alternate Chair:
Chao Wang (Framatome)
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Assessing New Accident Tolerant Fuel and Cladding Models in the Fuel Performance Code Bison
10:15–10:40AM EDT
Gyanender Singh (INL), Yifeng Che (INL), Kyle Gamble (INL), Aysenur Toptan (INL), Jason Hales (INL), Stephen Novascone (INL)
Paper
Fuel Performance Analysis of Cr-Coated Fuel During Startup and Normal Operation of LWRs Using FEMAXI-8
10:40–11:05AM EDT
Soki Dehara (Waseda Univ.), Akifumi Yamaji (Waseda Univ.), Yoshiyuki Nemoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Shinichiro Yamashita (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Out-Of-Reactor Creep Analysis of Chromium Surface-Coated Optimized ZIRLO™ Cladding
11:05–11:30AM EDT
J.M. Vidal (ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas), I. del Río (ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas), J. Walters (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Y. Long (Westinghouse Electric Co.), O. Linsuain (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
PCMI Analyses of SiC Cladded Fuel During BWR LOCA with FEMAXI-ATF
11:30–11:55AM EDT
Yutaka Nakao (Waseda Univ.), Akifumi Yamaji (Waseda Univ.), Yoshiyuki Nemoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Shinichiro Yamashita (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
