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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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NRC approves Westinghouse exemption request for AP1000 DC
Westinghouse has cleared a hurdle in its quest to renew and update the standard design certification (DC) for its AP1000 reactor with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of an exemption from scheduling requirements that limit when an applicant can apply for a DC renewal.
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)