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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 B
Session Chair:
Darren J. Skitt
Co-Chair:
Peter G. Newby
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Exploring Spark Plasma Sintering as a Promising Method for TRISO Compact Fabrication
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Anil Prasad (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Adam Cruse (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Andrew Bergeron (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Hygreeva Namburi (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), James Buckley (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Jeffrey Battersby (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Lava K. Pillari (University of British Columbia), Owen Mottershead (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Patrick Morrison (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Reeghan Osmond (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Victoria Szlachta (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Zainab Ali (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Madalena Spencer (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Catherine Thiriet (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Lukas Bichler (University of British Columbia)
Paper
Advancements in TRISO Kernel Fabrication at Commercial Scale
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Griffin Gayne (Standard Nuclear), Michael Trammell (Standard Nuclear)
TRISO-Particle-in-Compact Homogenization Methodology
1:50–2:15PM CDT
Joseph Y.R. Rashid (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Deena Jaber (Structural Integrity Associates), Wenfeng Liu (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Anant Mohan (Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.), Alipasha Sadri (Celeris Engineering)
Development of a FEM-based TRISO Fuel Performance Code for Multi-scale FCM Fuel Analysis
2:15–2:40PM CDT
Jongho Park (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)