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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Ten EU countries call for nuclear to be marked ‘sustainable’
Ten of the 27 member countries of the European Union recently sent a letter to the European Commission calling for nuclear power to be labeled as sustainable in a new rulemaking that pertains to powering data centers and artificial intelligence.
While the EC’s decision could have significant impact on the future deployment of nuclear across the continent, this call to action also represents a broader positive reconsideration of nuclear power in Europe in recent years.
Technical Session|Nuclear Criticality Safety (NCSD)
Monday, June 1, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Governor's Square 16
Session Chair:
Benjamin Martin (GE Vernova)
Alternate Chair:
Amy E. van der Vyver (Sellafield Limited)
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Criticality Safety Strategy for MSSS Retrievals featuring "High U Skips"
1:00–1:20PM MDT
Jessica Fildes (Sellafield Limited), Andrew M. Sutton (Sellafield Limited)
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Criticality Safety Engineering Integrated Recruitment Good Practices at SRNS
1:20–1:40PM MDT
Tracy E. Stover (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC), Nathan P. Devine (SRNL)
Comparison of Revision Two and Three for the Flattop HEU Benchmark (HEU-MET-FAST-028)
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Joanna P. Morgan (LLNL), Catherine M. Percher (LLNL), Eric Aboud (LLNL)
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Summary of OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety [WPNCS] Activities and Recent Accomplishments
2:00–2:20PM MDT
Kelsey M. Amundson (OECD NEA), Gregory J. O'Connor (Office for Nuclear Regulation), Coralie Carmouze (CEA Centre De Cadarache), Alexander Vasiliev (Paul Scherrer Institute)
Parametric Uncertainties in Criticality Experiments with UF6 Model 8A Cylinders
2:20–2:40PM MDT
Lam B. Nguyen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Travis M. Greene (ORNL)