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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|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Salon A
Session Chair:
John Beale
Co-Chair:
Dong-Joo Kim
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Irradiation Vehicles for Evaluating SiC/SiC Cladding Bowing Under Neutron Flux Gradients
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Nicholas G. Russell (ORNL), David Chandler (ORNL), Peter Doyle (ORNL), Takaaki Koyanagi (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
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Inspection of Cladding Coating with Wideband Laser Induced Guided Ultrasonic Waves
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Andrew Campbell (Univ of South Carolina), Jiawei Guo (Univ of South Carolina), Boshi Chen (Univ of South Carolina), Jannatul Ferdausi (Univ of South Carolina), Yi Wang (Univ of South Carolina), Lingyu Yu (Univ. South Carolina), Victor Giurgiutiu (University of South Carolina)
Mechanical Testing of Hydrogen-Charged Cr-Coated Zirconium Alloy Fuel Claddings
10:50–11:15AM CDT
Daniel Viands (University of South Carolina), Ian Hopkins (University of South Carolina), Jingjing Bao (University of South Carolina), Jorie Walters (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Xinyu Huang (University of South Carolina)
Cladding Creep Irradiations in the High Flux Reactor
11:15–11:40AM CDT
Steven Knol (NRG|PALLAS), Viktors Grismanovs (NRG|PALLAS), Tim v. Lunteren (NRG|PALLAS)
