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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|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Salon A
Session Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Co-Chair:
Petr Cervenka
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Future Opportunities for LWR Irradiations in US Test Reactors
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), Nate S. Oldham (INL), Austin D. Fleming (INL), Klint Anderson (INL), Charles P. Folsom (INL), Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Kory Linton (ORNL), David M. Carpenter (MIT), Gordon E. Kohse (MIT)
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Developing New Fuels for High Performance Research Reactors
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Rosemary A. Montgomery (ORNL), Scott Ravenhill (Department of Energy, NNSA), Brett Cox (Department of Energy, NNSA), Brian Waud (NNSA), Joan Dix (National Nuclear Security Administration)
NEA Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments FIDES-II: Building and Maintaining Competences Through International Collaboration
1:50–2:15PM CDT
Markus Beilmann (Nuclear Energy Agency), Tatiana Ivanova (Nuclear Energy Agency), Koji Kitano (Nuclear Regulation Authority), Olivier Marchand (ASNR), Marek Miklos (Research Centre Rez), Ville Tulkki (Nuclear Energy Agency), Peter Ungelenk (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit), Daniel M. Wachs (INL)
Pressure Drop Measurement Comparison between the Westinghouse EMBLA Loop and the ŠKODA JS KAZEX Loop
2:15–2:40PM CDT
Fredrik Waldemarsson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michal Dostál (Škoda JS), Luděk Kroj (Škoda JS)
Presented by Uffe Bergmann (Westinghouse Electric Co.)