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  Reactor criticality, states’ new nuclear plans among NECX 2026 highlights
  The second day of the Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX 2026) kicked off with success stories on the start-up and state levels.
  In Wednesday’s opening plenary session, representatives of three of the four companies that reached criticality on or before Executive Order 14301’s July 4 target date—Aalo Atomics, Antares Nuclear, and Deployable Energy—talked about the run-up to meeting the deadline. Following the opener, officials from Kentucky, New York, and Utah discussed ambitious plans to expand nuclear power in their respective states.
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Current Status of Discussion for Japanese Shielding Material Standard for Facility Design

Koichi Okuno (Hazama-Ando Technical Research Institute), Ken-ichi Kimura (Fujita Corp.), Mikihiro Nakata (MHI Nuclear Development Co.), Tomohiro Ogata (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Yukio Sakamoto (Atox Co.), Erina Matsuyama (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions ), Masahiro Taniguchi (Taisei Corp.), Ken-ichi Tanaka (Institute of Applied Energy), Koji Oishi (Japan Environment Research Co.), Satoshi Takeo (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Satoshi Ishikawa (ITOCHU Techono-Solutions Corp.), Hidenori Kawano (Atox Co.), Masahiro Yoshida (Nuclear Safety Technology Center), Toshio Amano (ITOCHU Techono-Solutions Corp.), Kazuaki Kosako (Shimizu Corp.), Yoshihiro Hirao (National Maritime Research Institute), Toshinobu Maenaka (Takenaka Corp.)

Proceedings | ICRS 14/RPSD 2022 | Seattle, WA, September 25-29, 2022 | Pages 153-155