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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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As the United States faces surging electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence, data centers, and a push to bring manufacturing back home, Idaho National Laboratory is leading an effort to modernize and expand the nation’s nuclear power capabilities by revamping the Department of Energy’s Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program.
Executive Session|Panel
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|South Seas D
Session Chair:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (University of Florida)
The historic approach for nuclear fuels and materials qualification spanned decades. With the recent rise in the interest in developing and commercializing advanced nuclear reactor designs, rapid evaluation, qualification, and licensing of nuclear materials becomes essential to their success. This panel brings together representatives from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), industry, standard bodies (e.g., American Society of Mechanical Engineers [ASME]), Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (AMMT) and Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) to reach a consensus on what approach should be used to transform and accelerate nuclear materials development.
Assel Aitkaliyeva
University of Florida
Chris Wert
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Lauren Wirick
Westinghouse
Meimei Li
ANL
Cem Topbasi
EPRI
Chris Stanek
LANL
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