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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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NN Asks: Is the U.S. ready for nuclear construction to accelerate?
Craig Stover
Yes, but . . .
The United States is better positioned today for nuclear construction than it has been in decades. Some of that comes from the experience gained at Vogtle and V.C. Summer. I was part of the team that helped start the V.C. Summer project in 2008, and at that time we were trying to build a nuclear construction workforce from scratch. We learned a lot through that effort, and many of those lessons learned have since been studied, documented, and shared.
The nuclear industry is also benefiting from the wave of investment that started growing around 2020. Over the last five or six years, there has been a serious effort across the country to get ready for new nuclear builds. The U.S. government and the private sector are investing billions of dollars in new nuclear. Much of that work is happening before widespread commercial deployment contracts are signed. This is real, and we need to prepare.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Monday, November 16, 2020|1:00–3:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Catherine M. Prat (*Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Alternate Chair:
W. Neal Mann (The University of Texas at Austin)
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Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
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An Overview of the Integrated Energy System Investigation of the Eastman Chemical Company Kingsport, Tennessee, Facility
Michael S. Greenwood (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Whitney Tharp (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Mike Muhlheim (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Bob Zhang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Randy Belles (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Mike Poore (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Riley Cumberland (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jordan Rader (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Askin G. Yigitoglu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Paper
Echo State Networks for Renewable Energy Forecasting
Kathryn D. Huff (University of Illinois), Sam Dotson (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
Development of a Tool for Evaluating Nuclear Integrated Energy Systems Profitability For Existing Reactors
James Richards (University of Idaho), R. A. Borrelli (University of Idaho)
Low-Carbon Power for Government Installations using Nuclear Micro-Reactors
Michael Corradini (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Paul P. Wilson (University of Wisconsin - Madison), James Parke (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Antara Khadria (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Danjing Lei (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Ryan M. Dailey (University of Wisconsin Madison)
Preliminary Economic Evaluation of Hydrogen Co-Generation at a Nuclear Power Plant in a Regulated Market
Lane T. Knighton (Idaho National Laboratory), Daniel S. Wendt (Idaho National Laboratory), Cristian Rabiti (Idaho National Laboratory), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (Idaho National Laboratory)
