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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC reorganization aims to speed up licensing
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced yesterday that it is launching a significant reorganization to streamline decision making, consolidate functions, and align with national goals for more efficient licensing and deployment of new nuclear technology.
The changes are intended to meet the requirements outlined in President Trump’s Executive Order 14300, “Ordering Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” and EO 14210, “Implementing the Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|8:00–9:45AM CDT|Michigan/Michigan State
Session Chair:
Benjamin Beeler (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Calibration of DART Parameters for the Simulation of Fission Gas Bubble Behaviors in U-Mo Fuel
8:00–8:20AM CDT
Zhi-Gang Mei (ANL), Gyuchul Park (ANL), Bei Ye (ANL), ATM Jahid Hasan (NCSU), Benjamin W. Beeler (NCSU)
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AI-Driven Analysis of the Lithium Deuteride (LiD) Fission-Fusion Cycle
8:20–8:40AM CDT
Noah D'Amico (Texas Tech University), Sandeep Puri (Texas Tech University), Ian Jones (Texas Tech University), Andrew Gillespie (Texas Tech University), Cuikun Lin (Texas Tech University), Robert Duncan (Texas Tech University)
Insight into Irradiation Defect Production in Zirconium Using Machine-Learned Potentials
8:40–9:00AM CDT
Jose March-Rico (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Jonathan L. Wormald (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Volker Eyert (Materials Design, Inc.), David Reith (Materials Design, Inc.), Brendan M. Ensor (Naval Nuclear Laboratory - KAPL), Richard W. Smith (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Comparative Analysis of Hopfield Neural Network Performance in Processing Pulsed Infrared Thermography Images of Additively Manufactured Metals
9:00–9:20AM CDT
Eleni S. Avlonitis (ANL), Xin Zhang (ANL), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Benchmarking CNN Architectures for Enhanced Analysis of Pulsed Infrared Thermography Images of Additively Manufactured Metals for Nuclear Applications
9:20–9:40AM CDT
Derian Mowen (University of Texas at San Antonio), Xin Zhang (ANL), Miltos Alamaniotis (University of Texas at San Antonio), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
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