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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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American Nuclear Society condemns attack on UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) issued the following statement:
"The American Nuclear Society condemns today's drone attack on the outer perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates. The IAEA has confirmed that radiation levels are normal and no injuries have been reported. The safety systems performed as designed, a demonstration of the layered protections built into robust modern nuclear facilities. Incidents like this reinforce the importance of the IAEA's calls for maximum military restraint around nuclear power reactors, and of full adherence by all combatants to the IAEA's seven pillars for nuclear safety and security during armed conflict."
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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