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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.”
Decommissioning Environmental Sciences and Remote Technology 2024
Technical Session|Sponsored by RRSD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Merritt 2
Session Chair:
Young Soo Park
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang
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Exoskeleton and Humanoid Robot Systems for Nuclear Site Worker Safety
1:00–1:20PM EST
Jared Li (IHMC), Reese Peterson (IHMC), Luigi Penco (IHMC)
Paper
Integrating Gaze Based Control into a Virtual Hot-cell Environment for Supernumerary Telemanipulation
1:20–1:40PM EST
Arunim Bhattacharya (Northern Illinois Univ.), Hamza Muzammal (ANL), Young Soo Park (ANL), Sachit Butail (Northern Illinois Univ.)
Performance Enhancement of Dual-Arm Telerobotic System for Robotic Hotbox Operation
1:40–2:00PM EST
Hyeonseok Choi (ANL), Young Soo Park (ANL)
Long Term Surveillance for Hanford Tank Farms Using Mobile Platforms
2:00–2:20PM EST
Brendon Cintas (Florida Int'l Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida Int'l Univ.), Anthony Abrahao (Florida Int'l Univ.), Douglas Reid (Washington River Protection Solutions), Kayle Boomer (Washington River Protection Solutions)
Robotic Digital Twin for Hot Cell for Nuclear Waste Disposition
2:20–2:40PM EST
Hamza Muzammal (ANL), Young Soo Park (ANL), Venugopal Varma (ORNL)
Semi-Autonomous Repair Using Mobile Manipulator for Nuclear Facilities and Tank Farms
2:40–2:45PM EST
Santiago Cuartas Palacio (Florida Int'l Univ.), Anthony Abrahao (Florida Int'l Univ.), Mackenson Telusma (Florida Int'l Univ.), Leonel Lagos (Florida Int'l Univ.)
Robotic Digital Twin for Immersive Training, Rehearsal and Operations in Simulated Glovebox Environments
2:45–2:50PM EST
Christian Pilon (AtkinsRealis), Robert Marwood (AtkinsRealis), Paul Townson (AtkinsRealis)