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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Two ANS standards open for public comment
The American Nuclear Society recently opened two standards for public review. Previously, announcements of public review opportunities for ANS standards have been published exclusively in the American National Standards Institute’s weekly ANSI Standards Actions publication.
Technical Session|Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy (NNPD)
Monday, June 1, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Tower A
Session Chair:
Luis Ocampo Giraldo (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jorge Navarro (ORNL)
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Safeguards-by-Design (SBD) Specifications Checklist
3:15–3:35PM MDT
Chris E. Gazze (PNNL), Cristina Siserman-Gray (PNNL), Brent R. McGinnis (ORNL), Donald R. Todd (PNNL), Robert T. Otto (PNNL), Carrie Matthews (PNNL)
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Reducing Combinatorial Complexity in IAEA Inspection-Plan Evaluation
3:35–3:55PM MDT
Christopher Folan (University of Massachusetts Lowell), Sukesh K. Aghara (University of Massachusetts at Lowell), Lohith Annadevula (Brookhaven)
Technology Readiness and Challenges for Safeguards (TRACS) Assessment for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities
3:55–4:15PM MDT
Logan M. Scott (ORNL), Chris E. Gazze, Zachery S. Beauvais (ANL), Anthony Belian, Christopher Faucett, Alexander L. Enders, Brent R. McGinnis (ORNL)
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