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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
Wednesday, October 8, 2025|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Cumberland South
Session Chair:
Aylin Kucuk
Co-Chair:
Shun Hirooka
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Fuel Pellet Design for High Burnup
3:15–3:40PM CDT
Swaminathan Vaidyanathan (ANFMSJ)
Presented by Brenden Mervin (EPRI)
Paper
Analysis of the Behavior of ATF Microcell UO2 Fuel under Irradiation
3:40–4:05PM CDT
V. D'Ambrosi (CEA), R. Masson (CEA), J. Fauque (CEA), J. Lechelle (CEA), L. Portelette (CEA), N. Chikhi (CEA)
Manufacturing and Characterization of UO2-Gd2O3 Pellet with High Gd Contents
4:05–4:30PM CDT
Jae Ho Yang (KAERI), Ji-Hwan Lee (KAERI), Dong-Seok Kim (KAERI), Dong-Joo Kim (KAERI), Ji-Hae Yoon (KAERI), Yeon-Soo Na (Korea Nuclear Fuel Co.)
Post-Irradiation Examination of a Wrought FeCrAl Alloy C26M Following Commercial Reactor Irradiation
4:30–4:55PM CDT
Caleb Massey (ORNL), Ben Garrison (ORNL), Jesse Werden (ORNL), Casey McKinney (ORNL), Dan Lutz (Global Nuclear Fuel), Russ Fawcett (Global Nuclear Fuel), Rajnikant Umretiya (GE Research Center), Hamdy Abouelella (GE Vernova), Randall Dunavant (Southern Company), Yukinori Yamamoto (ORNL), Geeta Kumari (ORNL), Kevin Field (Univ. Michigan), Jason Harp (ORNL)
