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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
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|8:00–9:40AM CDT|Salon A
Session Chair:
Zeses E. Karoutas
Co-Chair:
Walter G. Luscher
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An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Fission Gas Kr Speciation in Spent Nuclear Fuel by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations
8:00–8:25AM CDT
Goutam Kuri (PSI), Johannes Bertsch (PSI)
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A Microstructurally Informed Model of High Burnup Structure in UO2 Fuel
8:25–8:50AM CDT
W. Cade Brinkley (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Lauryn Reyes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Brian Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Lower-length-scale Informed Mechanistic Models to Predict Creep Rates in UO2 Fuel
8:50–9:15AM CDT
Conor O.T. Galvin (LANL), Anton J. Schneider (LANL), Pieterjan Robbe (Sandia), David A. Andersson (LANL), Michael W. D. Cooper (LANL)
Kinetic Impact of Irradiation Defects on Fuel Thermal Conductivity: Modelling and Uncertainty
9:15–9:40AM CDT
Antoine Boulore (CEA), Guillaume Damblin (CEA), Stéphane Bernaud (CEA)