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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
Wednesday, October 12, 2022|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Branle
Session Chair:
Chao Wang (Framatome)
Alternate Chair:
Peter Diller (GE Hitachi)
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Cycle-Specific Fuel Assembly Bow Prediction and Water Gap Analysis for Ringhals 3/4
1:30–1:55PM EDT
Veit Marx (Framatome ), Petter Gabrielsson (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), John Loberg (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel)
Paper
Experimental and Computational Investigation of the Impacts of Loose Protective Grid Debris on RFA-2 Fuel Operation
1:55–2:20PM EDT
Alireza Mofidi (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael E. Conner (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Thanh H. Do (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Lisa M. Dudas (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yiban Xu (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
The SPIZWURZ Project with New Approaches for Experiments and Modelling Related to Long-Term Dry Storage
2:20–2:45PM EDT
Sarah Weick (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Mirco Grosse (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Martin Steinbrueck (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Juri Stuckert (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Michel Herm (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Hans Jurgen Seifert (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Felix Boldt (GRS)
