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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
Monday, October 6, 2025|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Salon B
Session Chair:
Birol Aktas
Co-Chair:
Yongdeog Kim
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Closing the Fuel Cycle: Demonstrating the Manufacturability of SFR Fuel using Plutonium from Spent MOX PWR Fuel
3:15–3:40PM CDT
Mayeul Phélip (CEA/DES/DPE), Thierry Lambert (CEA/DES/IRESNE), Eric Tronche (CEA/DES/ISEC), Frédéric Laugier (EDF/DCN), Laure Diaz (EDF/DCN), Jérémy Nos (ORANO/BURE)
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A Toolkit for Efficiently Design a Load Plan for Spent Nuclear Fuel Temporal Storage
3:40–4:05PM CDT
Alfonso Barbas Espa (ENUSA), Marta Berrios Torres (ENUSA), María Zurron García (ENUSA)
Presented by Antonino Romano (ENUSA)
Attachment — Brief Biography - Antonino Romano
Characterizing the Thermal Response of a Passive Resonant Wireless Sensor for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Applications
4:05–4:30PM CDT
Robert J. Demuth (University of South Carolina), Shawn C. Stafford (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jorge V. Carvajal (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Luke Breon (EPRI), Travis W. Knight (University of South Carolina)
