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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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North American construction is back—smaller and faster—at OPG’s Darlington
“The nuclear renaissance is real here,” said Ontario Power Generation’s Subo Sinnathamby on May 8, one year to the day after OPG secured a final investment decision to build the first of four planned BWRX-300 reactors at its Darlington nuclear power plant, and shortly after the new reactor’s foundation was lifted into place. “We got our license to construct in April and our [final investment decision] in May, and we’ve been off to the races since.”
October 29–November 2, 2017
Generations in Collaboration: Building for Tomorrow
Washington, DC|Marriott Wardman Park
General Chair:
Ty Troutman (General Manager, Bechtel Nuclear, Security & Environmental)
Assistant General Chair:
Desmond Chan (Chief Technology Officer, Bechtel)
Program Chair:
Kenneth Geelhood (Senior Research Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Assistant Program Chair:
Elia Merzari (Nuclear Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory)
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October 28, 2017
Brett Rampal (Nuclear Engineer, NuScale Power, LLC)
Program Chairs:
Jitesh Kuntawala (Nuclear Engineer, Duke Energy)
Catherine Perego (Nuclear Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Company)