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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Congress passes new nuclear funding
On January 15, in an 82–14 vote, the U.S. Senate passed an Energy and Water Development appropriations bill to fund the U.S. Department of Energy for fiscal year 2026 as part of a broader package that also funded the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Great America 1/2
Session Chair:
Justin K. Watson
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Kyle C. Hartig
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The Role of Nuclear Training Center in the Smallest Nuclear Country
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Igor Jencic (Jozef Stefan Institute), Tomaž Skobe (Jožef Stefan Institute), Vesna S. Borišek (Jožef Stefan Institute)
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Social Readiness Level and Natural Language Processing: Tools for Measurement and Management of Societal Acceptance of Nuclear Energy
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Hyungjin Kim (Penn State University), Saya Lee (Penn State University), Nonna Sorokina (Penn State University), Darshana Sunoj (Penn State University)
Lessons and Inspiration from Recently-Digitized Archival Nuclear Films
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Nick W. Touran (What is Nuclear)
Advanced Visualization of the Radiation Cast by a Dry Spent Fuel Cask for Public Outreach
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Noel B. Nelson (ORNL), Abiodun I. Adeniyi (ORNL), Dane deWet (ORNL), Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL)
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