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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|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Salon A
Session Chair:
Antoine Boulore
Co-Chair:
Kazuo Kakiuchi
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Evaluation of Loss-of-Coolant Commissioning Experiments Performed at Idaho National Laboratory
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Robert Armstrong (INL), Charles Folsom (INL), Juliana Pacheco Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Colby Jensen (INL)
Paper
Fuel Bonding and its Impact on Axial Gas Communication Behavior in Light-Water Reactor Fuel Rods
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Daniel J. Van Wasshenova (INL), Wenfeng Liu (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Kyle A. Gamble (INL), Joseph Y.R. Rashid (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Ryan T. Sweet (INL), Stephen R. Novascone (INL)
Experiment to Investigate the On-set of Transient Fission Gas Release Under Simulated LOCA Conditions
10:50–11:15AM CDT
Jason M. Harp (ORNL), Yong Yan (ORNL), Robert N. Morris (ORNL), Charles A. Baldwin (ORNL), Matthew M. Jones (ORNL), Nathan A. Capps (ORNL)
Measurement of Transient Fission Gas Release from High-Burnup MOX Fuel Under a Simulated Reactivity-Initiated Accident Condition Using Fission Gas Dynamics Testing Technique
11:15–11:40AM CDT
Y. Taniguchi (JAEA), K. Urano (JAEA), T. Mihara (JAEA), Y. Udagawa (JAEA), K. Kakiuchi (JAEA), J. Katsuyama (JAEA)
