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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 RPD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Belmont
Session Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi (INL)
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu
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Bayesian Optimization for Reactor Design Optimization
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Kangan Chen (Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Xianjian Xie (School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University), Peter German (INL), Hao Yan (School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University), Andi Wang (1 Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Investigating the Neutronic Potential of Control Rod Materials for Improved Accident Tolerance using SCALE 6.3.1
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Rahnuma Aziz Nisa (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Dylan J. Garofalo (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Seung K. Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Dean Kreuger (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Joon H. Moon (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Sawyer J. Foley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Demonstration and Preliminary Validation of Griffin for MSR Depletion with Chemical Removal Parametric Studies
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Tingzhou Fei (ANL), Shayan Shahbazi (ANL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Eva E. Davidson (ORNL), Samuel Walker (INL), Mauricio E. Tano (INL)
Validation of Reactivity Feedback Calculations for Sodium Fast Reactors Using SEFOR Experimental Data
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Yan Cao (ANL), Ahmed Amin Abdelhameed (ANL), Emily R. Shemon (ANL), Bo Feng (ANL)
Validation of Argonne Reactor Code Suite for Neutronics Benchmarks of China Experimental Fast Reactor
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Hansol Park (ANL), Taek Kyum Kim (ANL), Michael G. Jarrett (TerraPower), Zhaopeng Zhong (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL)
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