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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DOE signs two more OTAs in Reactor Pilot Program
This week, the Department of Energy has finalized two new other transaction agreements (OTAs) with participating companies in its Reactor Pilot Program, which aims to get one or two fast-tracked reactors on line by July 4 of this year. Those companies are Terrestrial Energy and Oklo.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Reactors for Heat and Combined Heat and Power
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Palm C
Session Chair:
Aaron S. Epiney (INL)
Session Organizers:
Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
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Alternate Chair:
Iza Lantgios (INL)
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Competitiveness Assessment of Decarbonizing Electricity and Process Heat Supply to a Campus with a Small Nuclear Reactor
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Josh Koons (ANL), Ed Hoffman (ANL), Anton Moisseytsev (ANL), Ryan Dailey (ANL), Jill Ptak (ANL), Claudio Filippone (Filippone and Assoc.), John Busch (ANL)
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Dynamic Modelling and Optimisation of a Small Modular Reactor for Electricity Production and District Heating in the Helsinki Region
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Guido C. Masotti (Politecnico di Milano), David Haubensack (CEA), Jussi-Pekka Ikonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Tomi J. Lindroos (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), Gabriel L. Pavel (ENEN), Marco E. Ricotti (Politecnico di Milano)
Long-Term Power Dispatch Optimization and Real-Time Control of DETAIL Facility Using HERON-FARM
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Haoyu Wang (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL), Richard Vilim (ANL)
Assessment of the Thermal Extraction Capabilities of the HYBRID Modelica Models
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Iza G. Lantgios (INL), Logan D. Williams (INL), Daniel M. Mikkelson (INL)
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