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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Getting back to yes: A local perspective on decommissioning, restart, and responsibility
For 45 years, Duane Arnold Energy Center operated in Linn County, Ia., near the town of Palo and just northwest of Cedar Rapids. The facility, owned by NextEra Energy, was the only nuclear power plant in the state.
In August 2020, a historic derecho swept across eastern Iowa with winds approaching 140 miles per hour. Damage to the plant’s cooling towers accelerated a shutdown that had already been planned, and the facility entered decommissioning soon after, with its fuel removed in October of that year. Iowa’s only nuclear plant had gone off line.
Today the national energy landscape looks very different than it did just six short years ago. Electricity demand is rising rapidly as data centers, artificial intelligence infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and electrification expand across the country. Reliable, carbon-free baseload power has become increasingly valuable. In that context, Linn County has approved the rezoning necessary to support the recommissioning and restart of Duane Arnold and is actively supporting NextEra’s efforts to secure the remaining state and federal approvals.
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Banyan C|Sponsored by RPSD|Cosponsored by AAD|Session Chair: Igor Remec
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT
Banyan C|Sponsored by NISD|Cosponsored by AAD, DESD|Session Chair: Akram Batikh
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT
Banyan A|Sponsored by MSTD|Cosponsored by ANSTD|Session Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood
Banyan A|Sponsored by MSTD|Cosponsored by ANSTD|Session Chair: Steven B. Krivit
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT
Panel|Banyan C|Session Chair: Sola Talabi
Monday, June 17, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT
Banyan C|Session Chair: Kyle C. Hartig
Panel|Banyan C|Session Chair: Todd Allen
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT
Banyan C|Session Chair: Travis W. Knight
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT
Panel|Jasmine A|Session Chair: Paul E. Cantonwine
Jasmine A|Session Chair: Praveen Thallapally
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Andrew Worrall
Panel|Jasmine A|Session Chair: Andrew R. Griffith
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT
Jasmine A|Session Chair: Jenifer Shafer
Jasmine G|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by FCWMD, RPD|Session Chair: Kelsey Amundson
Jasmine A|Session Chair: Christina Leggett
Jasmine A|Session Chair: Andrew R. Griffith
Panel|Jasmine A|Session Chair: Steven P. Curtis
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Michael S. Smith
Panel|Jasmine A|Session Chair: Joshua R. Turner
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Amanda S. Leong
Jasmine A|Session Chair: Junghyun Bae
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT
Palm B|Session Chair: Atul Kumar
Jasmine H|Session Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Panel|Jasmine H|Session Chair: Vivek Agarwal
Jasmine H|Session Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis
Panel|Jasmine H|Session Chair: Lee Maccarone
Jasmine B|Cosponsored by RRSD|Session Chair: Joseph Oncken
Jasmine H|Session Chair: Lee T. Maccarone
Jasmine H|Session Chair: Fan Zhang
Palm C|Session Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Panel|Jasmine H|Session Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Jasmine H|Session Chair: Christian M. Petrie
Jasmine E|Cosponsored by RPSD|Session Chair: Edward J. Cazalas
Jasmine E|Session Chair: Praneeth Kandlakunta
Jasmine C|Cosponsored by NNPD|Session Chair: Stephen P. LaMont
Panel|Jasmine B|Session Chair: Ryan G. McClarren
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Douglas Fynan
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Jilang Miao
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Jasmine B|Session Chair: Jeremy Roberts
Banyan B|Session Chair: Simon Pimblott
Banyan A|Session Chair: Kenneth Geelhood
Banyan A|Cosponsored by ANSTD|Session Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood
Banyan B|Session Chair: Assel Aitkaliyeva
Banyan A|Session Chair: Cynthia Adkins
Banyan B|Session Chair: Benjamin Beeler
Banyan A|Session Chair: Michael Tonks
Banyan B|Session Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Banyan A|Cosponsored by ANSTD|Session Chair: Steven B. Krivit
Banyan B|Session Chair: Pierre-Clement Simon
Banyan A|Session Chair: Jake R. Quincey
Jasmine C|Session Chair: Simon Pimblott
Banyan A|Session Chair: Tsvetoslav Pavlov
Banyan B|Session Chair: L Vergari
Banyan A|Session Chair: Haiyan Zhao
Jasmine C|Session Chair: Caleb Massey
Banyan A|Session Chair: L Vergari
Jasmine C|Session Chair: Haiyan Zhao
Panel|Jasmine G|Session Chair: Deborah A. Hill
Jasmine G|Session Chair: Ben Martin
Jasmine G|Session Chair: Catherine M. Percher
Jasmine G|Cosponsored by FCWMD, RPD|Session Chair: Kelsey Amundson
Panel|Jasmine G|Session Chair: Douglas G. Bowen
Jasmine G|Session Chair: Ashley Raster
Panel|Jasmine G|Session Chair: Kristan M. Wessels
Jasmine G|Session Chair: Katy Worrell
Banyan C|Cosponsored by RPSD|Session Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Banyan C|Cosponsored by AAD, DESD|Session Chair: Akram Batikh
Panel|Jasmine E|Session Chair: Shikha Prasad
Panel|Jasmine E|Session Chair: Scott Wade
Jasmine E|Session Chair: Cecil Parks
Jasmine C|Sponsored by IRD|Cosponsored by NNPD|Session Chair: Stephen P. LaMont
Jasmine C|Session Chair: Gale Hauck
Jasmine C|Session Chair: Abdalla Abou Jaoude
Panel|Jasmine C|Session Chair: Aladar Csontos
Panel|Jasmine C|Session Chair: Andrew Whittaker
Panel|Jasmine D|Session Chair: John H. Jackson
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Massimiliano Fratoni
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Zeyun Wu
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Carlo Fiorina
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Vince Wang
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Matthew Wargon
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Jasmine D|Session Chair: Donny Hartanto
Jasmine E|Sponsored by IRD|Cosponsored by RPSD|Session Chair: Edward J. Cazalas
Banyan C|Cosponsored by AAD|Session Chair: Igor Remec
Banyan C|Sponsored by NISD|Cosponsored by RPSD|Session Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Panel|Jasmine D|Session Chair: Ken R. Czerwinski
Banyan C|Session Chair: Adam Hecht
Jasmine B|Sponsored by HFICD|Cosponsored by RRSD|Session Chair: Joseph Oncken
Panel|Jasmine E|Session Chair: William C. Eason
Panel|Jasmine E|Session Chair: Forrest Shriver
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Subash L. Sharma
Panel|Jasmine C|Session Chair: Izabela Gutowska
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Igor A. Bolotnov
Panel|Jasmine F|Session Chair: Elia Merzari
Panel|Jasmine F|Session Chair: Igor A. Bolotnov
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Dillon R. Shaver
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Nadish Saini
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Drew M. Ryan
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Sunming Qin
Jasmine E|Session Chair: Shanbin Shi
Jasmine F|Session Chair: Jun Liao
Jasmine E|Session Chair: Subash L. Sharma
Panel|Palm H|Session Chair: John Mobley
Panel|Jasmine H|Session Chair: Pierre-Clément Simon
