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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Launching into tomorrow: NRIC guides new era of research and deployment
In June 2025, the Department of Energy announced the Reactor Pilot Program, an authorization pathway that allowed reactor developers to partner with the DOE to get first-of-a-kind (FOAK) reactors built and tested. Soon after, the DOE rolled out a complementary Fuel Line Pilot Program, which aimed to fast-track fuel projects. In all, 20 projects were accepted into the new programs.
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)
