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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Flamanville-3 reaches full power
France’s state-owned electric utility EDF has announced that Flamanville-3—the country’s first EPR—reached full nuclear thermal power for the first time, generating 1,669 megawatts of gross electrical power. This major milestone is significant in terms of both this project and France’s broader nuclear sector.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RRSD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Los Angeles
Session Chair:
William C. Eason (ANS)
Alternate Chair:
Adam J. Carroll
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Developing a Dual-Arm Gantry Digital Twin for Nuclear Waste Management with Isaac Sim
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Brian Archambault (ANL), Hamza Muzammal (ANL), Young S. Park (ANL)
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Planning & Execution of Complex Contact Tasks for Maintenance in Hazardous Environments
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Emmanuel Akita (Univ. Texas, Austin), Fabian Parra (Univ. Texas, Austin), Young Soo Park (ANL), Mitch W. Pryor (Univ. Texas, Austin)
InSitu: Task-Based Overlays for Enhancing Situational Awareness in Hazardous Teleoperation
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Emmanuel Akita (Univ. Texas, Austin), Guy Zaidner (Robotics Laboratory, Nuclear Research Center, Negev, Israel), Mitch W. Pryor (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Learning from Demonstration for Robotic Nuclear Waste Management: A DMP-Based Approach
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Hamza Muzammal (ANL), Joong-Ku Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Young S. Park (ANL), Hyeonseok Choi (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Jeehwan Ryu (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Venugopal K. Varma (ORNL)
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