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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|Brentwood/Franklin
Session Chair:
Rich Augi
Co-Chair:
Cristina Munoz-Reja Ruiz
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Development Progress of Chromium Coated Cladding for PWR Fuel
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Y. Okada (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), D. Sato (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Y. Shinohara (MHI Nuclear Development Co.), S. Yamashita (JAEA), D. Kamerman (INL)
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Development of a Mechanistic Model for Loss of Protectiveness Behavior in Cr-Coated ATF and Its Application to Embrittlement under Extended Single-Sided Oxidation
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Dongju Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Oxidation Resistant Cr-Nb-N PVD Coatings for Cladding Protection in BWR Conditions
1:50–2:15PM CDT
Johan Nyman (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Zaheen Shah (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Antoine Claisse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Magnus Limbäck (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andrea Fazi (Chalmers Univ.), Mattias Thuvander (Chalmers Univ.)
Experimental Investigation of CrNb Coatings for BWRs and PWRs
2:15–2:40PM CDT
Petr Cervenka (MIT), Andrea Fazi (MIT), Arunkumar Seshadri (MIT), Martin Sevecek (Czech Technical Univ. Prague), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)