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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
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Brentwood/Franklin
Session Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Co-Chair:
Paul Clifford
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Machine Learning Critical Heat Flux Modeling for PWR Design Applications
3:15–3:40PM CDT
Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Alexander Mace (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Sukhwans Singh (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael Bettencourt (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Mario Buczkowski (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Raji Kosloske (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Aral Muftuoglu (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Gregory R. Williams (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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A Machine Learning Approach Towards Improving QA/QC of Coated Particle Fuels
3:40–4:05PM CDT
Bryan Conry (ORNL), Grant Helmreich (ORNL), Tyler Gerczak (ORNL)
Extending the Deep Learning Based Thermal Limit Bias Reduction Methodology to Multiple Boiling Water Reactors
4:05–4:30PM CDT
Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Sanchari Banerjee (Blue Wave AI Labs), Michael J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)
Neural Network-Based Surrogate Modeling for Accelerating BWR Equilibrium Cycle Optimization
4:30–4:55PM CDT
Maria Berardi (Blue Wave AI Labs), Michael J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), M. Rizki Oktavian (Blue Wave AI Labs), Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Phil McCalley (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jordan Heim (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Thomas Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)