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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Five companies, five bases: The Army’s Janus Program takes shape
Between the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses and Nuclear Energy Launch Pad programs, August has already been a busy month for federal partnerships with the nuclear industry.
That trend continues: On Wednesday, the Department of the Army announced that it has selected five nuclear reactor developers—Antares Nuclear, BWXT Advanced Technologies, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, Radiant Industries, and Westinghouse Government Services—each paired with a different military installation, for its Janus Program.
This week, the nuclear community descended on Dallas, Texas, for the second annual Nuclear Energy Conference and Expo, the premier industry-focused nuclear conference cohosted by the American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute. Among the plenary panelists was Jeff Waksman, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy, and environment. Waksman has been closely involved in the development of the Janus Program, and the morning before the program’s new selections were unveiled, he provided insights on its ultimate goals at NECX 2026.
Todd R. Allen
Kimberlee J. Kearfott
John Arthur (Jay) Mullis II
Michael Scott Greenwood
Majdi Radaideh
Rafael Mariano Grossi
Douglas Charles CrawfordJie LianIgor RemecMichael TonksKenan ÜnlüGarry G. Young
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign Student Section (Best Section)Missouri University of Science and Technology Student Section (Second Place)University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez Student Section (Third Place)Texas A&M University Student Section (Honorable Mention)
Jamie Baalis Coble
Abdalla Abou-JaoudeMichael CooperXu Wu
Andrew E. Thomas
Sunil Chirayath
Kenneth C. Marsden
Robert P. Martin
Ben Holtzman
Ge Yang
Andrew T. Nelson
Haruko M. Wainwright
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Andrei Khodak
ANS Savannah River Local SectionYasushi Ando, Hiroyuki Oigawa, and Nobuyoshi Ishida (group)Yasir ArafatRian M. BahranSylvie BermannTracy S. BoatnerRep. Chuck FleischmannNaohiro MasudaHo NiehAkira OnoTighe W. Smith
Syed Bahauddin Alam
Zeyun Wu
Theodore (Ted) M. Besmann
Stephanie H. Bruffey
Jacopo Buongiorno
Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) Initiative (Christine King, Michelle Zietlow-Miller, and Emily Nichols)
Don EggettPatricia Schroeder
Sergey Smolentsev
Xingang Zhao
John Mobley IV
Jeff Waksman
