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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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The deadline arrives: Checking in on the Reactor Pilot Program
On May 23, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14301, “Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the DOE,” which instructed the Department of Energy to create a Reactor Pilot Program (RPP)—a new system in which companies could pursue DOE authorization to build and test their first-of-a-kind nuclear technologies. EO 14301 set an ambitious goal for that program: three reactors achieving criticality by July 4, 2026.
April 17–20, 2016
San Francisco, CA|Hyatt Regency San Francisco
ICAPP 2016 will be hosted at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, located at 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA. The group rate for this meetings is $259.00 plus tax (per night) Reservations can be made online at Hyatt Regency San Francisco. For government rate $219.00 plus tax (per night) reservations can be made at Government Rate. access code: ANSGGovernmentRate Rooms are limited!
Honorary Chairs:
Stephen Kuczynski (Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Southern Nuclear Operating Company)
Poong Hyun Seong (President, Korea Nuclear Society)
Hiroshi Uetsuka (Special Advisor to the President, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
General Chairs:
Neil Wilmshurst (Vice President and CNO, Electric Power Research Institute)
Seok Cho (President & CEO, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.)
Mamoru Hatazawa (Vice President and Head of Nuclear Business and Technology Power Systems, Toshiba Corporation)
Program Chairs:
Per Peterson (Professor, University of California, Berkeley)
Sunkoo Kang (Professor, KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School)
Keizo Ishii (Research Professor, Tohoku University)
