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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
Standards Program
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NRC completes environmental review of Dresden SLR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found that the environmental impacts of renewing the operating license of the Dresden nuclear power plant outside Chicago, Ill., for an additional 20 years are not great enough to prohibit doing so.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom A
Session Chair:
Jon D. McWhirter
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Bao-Wen Yang
This panel will bring together experts from industry, national laboratories, and academia to discuss their organizations' efforts in advancing various reactor technologies, including liquid metal-cooled, molten salt-cooled, molten salt-fueled, water-cooled, and helium-cooled designs. A key focus of the discussion will be the critical role of testing in validation and development efforts.
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