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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Droughts, wildfires continue to impact power plants in Europe
The effects of this summer’s historic heatwave continue to be felt across Europe. Soaring temperatures and drought in the region have led to elevated river temperatures, low river levels, and wildfires, which have significantly impacted nuclear power plants across the continent.
France’s Electricité de France has reported elevated river temperatures which have forced production cuts, including recent cuts at Golfech, and nuclear power plants in Hungary, Romania, and the United Kingdom, have faced exceptional challenges in recent days.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Canaveral 1
Session Chair:
Aaron Gravelle
Alternate Chair:
Tyler Newitt
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas (INL)
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Expanding the Causal Logic Foundations of Human Reliability Analysis: Current Project Status
10:00–10:20AM EST
Camille S. Levine (Univ. Maryland), Katrina M. Groth (Univ. Maryland)
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Evaluation of how Nuclear Researchers and Designers Consider Economics and Reactor Design
10:20–10:40AM EST
Rowan M. Marchie (Univ. Michigan), Sydney Sielaff (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)
Numerical Modeling and Pretest Seismic Analysis of Spent Nuclear Fuel Horizontal Storage Module Mockup
10:40–11:00AM EST
Nataliia Igrashkina (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Fady Elshazly (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Mohamed A. Moustafa (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Elnaz Seylabi (Univ. Nevada, Reno)
Pre Shake Table Testing Seismic Response Analysis of Spent Fuel Dry Storage Cask Systems
11:00–11:20AM EST
Fady A. Elshazly (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Elnaz Seylabi (Univ. Nevada, Reno), David McCallen (Berkeley Lab), Mohamed Moustafa (Univ. Nevada, Reno)
Seismic Isolation of Spent Fuel Dry Storage Casks Using Meta-Foundations
11:20–11:40AM EST
Fady A. Elshazly (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Elnaz Seylabi (Univ. Nevada, Reno)