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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DNFSB spots possible bottleneck in Hanford’s waste vitrification
Workers change out spent 27,000-pound TSCR filter columns and place them on a nearby storage pad during a planned outage in 2023. (Photo: DOE)
While the Department of Energy recently celebrated the beginning of hot commissioning of the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), which has begun immobilizing the site’s radioactive tank waste in glass through vitrification, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has reported a possible bottleneck in waste processing. According to the DNFSB, unless current systems run efficiently, the issue could result in the interruption of operations at the WTP’s Low-Activity Waste Facility, where waste vitrification takes place.
During operations, the LAW Facility will process an average of 5,300 gallons of tank waste per day, according to Bechtel, the contractor leading design, construction, and commissioning of the WTP. That waste is piped to the facility after being treated by Hanford’s Tanks Side Cesium Removal (TSCR) system, which filters undissolved solid material and removes cesium from liquid waste.
According to a November 7 activity report by the DNFSB, the TSCR system may not be able to produce waste feed fast enough to keep up with the LAW Facility’s vitrification rate.
February 15–19, 2026
12th International Conference on Isotopes
Florence, Italy
April 16–18, 2026
ANS Student Conference 2026
Don’t Mess with Nuclear: Leading the Way
College Station, TX|Texas A&M University
April 19–23, 2026
PHYSOR 2026: International Conference on the Physics of Reactors
Cosponsored by ANS
Turin, Italy
April 22–24, 2026
PBNC 2026 in conjunction with KAP Conference
Nuclear Energy for AI-Powered World
Busan, Republic of Korea|BEXCO
April 27–30, 2026
Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2026)
Dayton, OH|The Dayton Convention Center
Embedded Topicals:
August 16–20, 2026
Global 2026
Deploying Sustainable Nuclear Fuel Cycles
Chicago, IL|Westin Chicago River North
August 24–27, 2026
2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
September 28–October 1, 2026
The 15th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Operation, and Safety (NUTHOS-15)
Kashiwa-no-ha, Japan
October 12–16, 2026
TopFuel 2026
Tokyo, Japan
October 25–29, 2026
15th International Conference on Radiation Shielding and 23rd Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division
Jeju Island, South Korea|Hotel Lotte
November 15–18, 2026
2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
February 22–25, 2027
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2027)
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort & Spa
April 18–22, 2027
International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering 2027 (M&C 2027)
Columbus, OH|Hilton Columbus Downtown
May 2–5, 2027
Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS-2027)
Cleveland, OH|Cleveland Convention Center
May 8–13, 2027
NPIC&HMIT and ISOFIC 2027 (15th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, & Human-Machine Interface Technologies and the 9th International Symposium on Future I&C for Nuclear Power Plants 2027)
Salt Lake City, UT|Salt Lake City Convention Center
June 13–16, 2027
2027 Annual Conference
Lake Buena Vista, FL|Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace
August 22–27, 2027
22nd International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (Nureth 2027)
Denver, CO|Hilton Denver City Center
September 26–30, 2027
PSA 2027- 50th Anniversary Conference
Long Beach, CA|Marriott Long Beach Downtown
October 31–November 4, 2027
2027 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
Washington, DC|The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
Embedded Topical:
December 5–9, 2027
Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES)
November 12–15, 2028
2028 ANS Annual Conference & Expo
Las Vegas, NV|The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
November 4–7, 2029
2029 ANS Annual Conference & Expo
November 16–19, 2031
2031 ANS Annual Conference & Expo
