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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC looks to leverage previous approvals for large LWRs
During this time of resurging interest in nuclear power, many conversations have centered on one fundamental problem: Electricity is needed now, but nuclear projects (in recent decades) have taken many years to get permitted and built.
In the past few years, a bevy of new strategies have been pursued to fix this problem. Workforce programs that seek to laterally transition skilled people from other industries, plans to reuse the transmission infrastructure at shuttered coal sites, efforts to restart plants like Palisades or Duane Arnold, new reactor designs that build on the legacy of research done in the early days of atomic power—all of these plans share a common throughline: leveraging work already done instead of starting over from square one to get new plants designed and built.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FED
Monday, June 16, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Los Angeles
Session Chair:
Paul W. Humrickhouse
Alternate Chair:
Pierre-Clement A. Simon
Session Organizer:
Thomas Fuerst
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Multi-Material Simulation of Jet Splashing in Inertial Fusion Energy Chambers and Blankets
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Eric Cervi (ANL), Antonio Cammi (Khalifa Univ.), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Kirk Flippo (Xcimer Energy), Nahom Habtemariam (TAMU), Matteo Lo Verso (Politecnico di Milano)
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Preliminary Neutronic and Thermal-Mechanical Analysis of the HYLIFE-II Chamber
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Nahom Habtemariam (TAMU), Bob Earley (Xcimer Energy), Kirk Flippo (Xcimer Energy), Susana Reyes (Xcimer Energy), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU)
Modeling of Ablation Phenomena in Inertial Fusion Chambers
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Nahom Habtemariam (TAMU), Eric Cervi (ANL), Bob Earley (Xcimer Energy), Kirk Flippo (Xcimer Energy), Susana Reyes (Xcimer Energy), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU)
Assessment of Occupation Radiation Exposure during Maintenance in ITER Upper Ports
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Moataz Harb (ORNL), Michael J. Loughlin (ORNL), Sangmesh Kalwale (US ITER), Raj G. Singh (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
Comparison Between OTSG and UTSG for DEMO Nuclear Fusion Facility Under a Loss of Flow Accident
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Jaime Valverde-Hernandez (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), Francisco Martin-Fuertes (CIEMAT), Cesar Queral (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), Agustín García-Berrocal (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), Kevin Fernandez-Cosials (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid)
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