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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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U.K. vision for fusion
The U.K. government has announced a series of initiatives to progress fusion to commercialization, laid out in a fusion strategy policy paper published March 16. A New Energy Revolution: The UK’s Plan for Delivering Fusion Energy begins to describe how the government’s £2.5 billion (about $3.4 billion) investment in fusion research and development over five years will be allocated.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Los Angeles
Session Chair:
Prashant Jain (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Garry Young (EPRI)
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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Assessment of Fission Product Release Behavior in Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors for Consequence Assessment
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Manit D. Shah (ORNL)
Paper
A Qualification Framework for the Safe Transportation of Microreactors
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Brendan Nation (Sandia National Labs), John Bignell (Sandia National Labs), Scott Sanborn (Sandia National Labs), Michael J. Starr (Sandia National Labs)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Proposed Operation Levels for Remotely Operated Nuclear Reactors Based on Physical and Cybersecurity Considerations
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Joseph Oncken (INL), Christopher Chwasz (INL), Shannon L. Eggers (INL), Thomas A. Ulrich (INL)
Hybrid Power Block and Energy Systems for Immediate Deployment and Long-Term Nuclear Energy Integration
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Stella Betts (Purdue Univ.), Ryan Pappano (Purdue Univ.), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue Unviersity)
Presented by Broderick Sieh (Purdue Univ.)
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