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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|Salon A
Session Chair:
Kurshad Muftuoglu
Co-Chair:
Jinzhao Zhang
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Radial Characterization of As-Irradiated and Post-LOCA Tested High Burnup UO2 Fuel Using SEM and S/TEM-EDS
3:15–3:40PM CDT
Lauryn K. Reyes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Chad M. Parish (ORNL), Casey S. McKinney (ORNL), Jason M. Harp (ORNL), Nathan A. Capps (ORNL), Brian D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Paper
Differential Scanning Calorimetry Experiments for Determining the Alpha to Beta Phase Transformation of Zr-1.1Nb Alloy with Varying Oxygen and Hydrogen Concentrations
3:40–4:05PM CDT
Tian Chen (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Dongju Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Donghyeon Son (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Junhee Lim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
