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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DOE secretary and New York congressman call for reopening of Indian Point
Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright joined U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler (R., N.Y.) at the site of the closed Indian Point nuclear power plant on Friday, March 6, as Lawler called for the reopening of the facility. He emphasized that the shutdown of the plant in 2021 has led to higher electricity costs for the people of New York state and increased strain on the state’s electric grid.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Innovative Manufacturing and Construction
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm C
Session Chair:
Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL)
Session Organizers:
Hongkyu Kang (Doosan Enerbility)
Track Organizers:
Alternate Chair:
Aydin Karahan (ANL)
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Training Autonomous Robotic Tasks Through the use of Machine Learning in Simulated Realities
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Mark C. Patterson (Kratos SRE), Seth Cohen (Kratos SRE), Joel Bjornstad (Kratos SRE), Robert Amaro (Kratos SRE), James Tucker (Kratos SRE), Austin Gurley (Deft Dynamics), Kyle Kubik (Deft Dynamics)
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Comparison of AP1000 and APR1400 Construction Processes and its Implications for SMR Deployment
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Seungmin Kwak (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
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