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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|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Brentwood/Franklin
Session Chair:
Jason Medina
Co-Chair:
David Rumschlag
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Modeling of Time in DNB Experiment Simulating PWR Loss of Flow Transient with Cr-Coated Zircalloy Heater Rod
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Gregory Stehle (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Zeses Karoutas (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Mark Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Keegan Murray (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Tiago A. Moreira (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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Coupled Particle Transport and Light Water Reactor Chemistry Modelling of Local Corrosion Phenomena Using GEANT4 and LwrChem
1:25–1:50PM CDT
M. Nilsson Lind (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), C. Anghel (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel), E. Branger (Uppsala Univ.), R. Land (Forsmark kraftgrupp AB), D. Schrire (Studsvik), K. Lundgren (Studsvik)
Presented by Daniel Jädernäs (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel)
The Evaluation of High Burnup Spent Nuclear Fuel Characteristic under Different Operation Models
1:50–2:15PM CDT
W. J. Chiu (National Atomic Research Institute), Y. H. Shiu (National Atomic Research Institute), Y. F. Tseng (National Atomic Research Institute), S. W. Chen (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
