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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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From theory to reality
Craig Piercycpiercy@ans.org
Recently, I spent an afternoon at Kairos Power’s Hermes construction site in Oak Ridge, Tenn. What I saw there was not a rendering, not a licensing presentation, not another panel about the future of advanced nuclear. I saw dozens of pilings built to NQA-1 standards. I saw seismic isolators ready for installation. I saw heavy equipment moving dirt and crews preparing concrete and steel.
I also saw a company doing genuinely innovative work with precast concrete techniques that could materially improve how we construct reactors in the future. None of it looked theoretical. It looked industrial.
March 15–19, 2020
ICAPP 2020 has cancelled due to Public Health and Safety Concerns with regards to the Covid-19 outbreak. New information will be posted to the website once confirmed.
Abu Dhabi, UAE
General Chairs:
Mohamed Chookah
Jacopo Buongiorno (Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Philip Beeley (Khalifa University of Science, Technol)
Program Chairs:
Youssef Shatilla (Prof. & Dean of Academic Programs, Masdar Institute of Science & Technology)
Travis Knight (Professor and Director, University of South Carolina)
