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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Industry Update—August 2026
Here is a recap of recent industry happenings:
NuScale looks to Paragon for I&C
Paragon Energy Solutions, a Mirion Technologies company, has won a contract from NuScale Power to complete the final design development of Paragon’s Highly Integrated Protection System (HIPS) for use with the 77-MWe NuScale Power Module, which can be deployed with a single control room supporting as many as 12 modules. Under the contract, Paragon is to complete the nonrecurring engineering and design deliverables for three instrumentation and control systems built on the HIPS platform: the module protection system, the safety display and indication system, and the plant protection system.
Technical Session
Monday, October 6, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Cumberland South
Session Chair:
Nadine Hollasky
Co-Chair:
Brenden Mervin
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Practical Uses of Multi-objective Optimization in the NuScale Equilibrium Core Design
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Benjamin C. Lilley (NuScale Power)
Paper
Optimization and Licensing of In Core Fuel Management to Support Continued Operation of Doel 4 and Tihange 3
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Maxime Haedens (Tractebel), Antony Martini (Tractebel), Jinzhao Zhang (Tractebel), Arnaud Meert (ENGIE-Electrabel), Nadine Hollasky (Bel V), Olivier Smidts (Bel V)
ARGOS Real Time Predictions
1:50–2:15PM CDT
L. Ackermann (Framatome), T. Bajat (Framatome SAS), E. Corrieri (Framatome SAS), A. Grossetete (Framatome SAS), S. Merk (Framatome)
B-10 Depletion Tracking for BWR CRBs: How Hard Can it Be?
2:15–2:40PM CDT
John Loberg (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Rickard Land (Forsmarks Kraftgrupp), Kenneth Göransson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Christer Netterbrant (OKG)
