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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The top 10 states of nuclear
The past few years have seen a concerted effort from many U.S. states to encourage nuclear development. The momentum behind nuclear-friendly policies has grown considerably, with many states repealing moratoriums, courting nuclear developers and suppliers, and in some cases creating advisory groups and road maps to push deployment of new nuclear reactors.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|State
Session Chair:
Aaron Epiney (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Ben Holtzman
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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Base-Load Nuclear Reactors with High-Temperature Gigawatt-Hour Firebrick Heat Storage for Dispatchable Electricity and Industrial Heat
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Charles W. Forsberg (MIT), Eugene Shwageraus (Cambridge University)
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Electricity Price Model Risk and the Estimated Profitability of Thermal Energy Storage for a Nuclear Power Plant
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Heddy Barale (MIT), John Parsons (MIT)
An Uncertainty Quantification Approach to Safer Integrated Energy Systems
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Yuwei Zong (University of Texas at Dallas), Sobhan Badakhshan (University of Texas at Dallas), Jie Zhang (University of Texas at Dallas), Yanwen Xu (University of Texas at Dallas)
Loss of Intermediate Fluid Transient Analysis Methodology for a Pressurized Water Reactor in an Integrated Energy System
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Isabelle Lindsay (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Emily V. Meilus (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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