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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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South Korea looks to Southern and NuScale
This week, the United States and South Korea have taken two steps toward deepening their nuclear partnership through two notable announcements. First, the majority-state owned Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power signed a memorandum of understanding with Birmingham, Ala.–based Southern Nuclear.
Technical Session|Fuel Cycle and Waste Management (FCWMD)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Governor's Square 10
Session Chair:
Michael Smith (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte)
Alternate Chair:
Kaushik Banerjee (INL)
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Optimization of Burnable Poison Pin Pattern
3:15–3:35PM MDT
Noah L. Estrada (Texas A&M University - Kingsville), Xue Yang (Texas A&M University Kingsville)
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Laser Spectroscopy Techniques for Early Detection of CISCC on SNF Canisters
3:35–3:55PM MDT
Haori Yang (Oregon State), Frederick Buckman (Oregon State)
Monitoring of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Sealed Dry Storage Canisters
3:55–4:15PM MDT
Maxwell Kavanagh (Oregon State), Haori Yang (Oregon State)
Python-Based Parallel Reload Optimization Framework with SIMULATE-3 and Mlrose
4:15–4:35PM MDT
James W. Carnal (University of Tennessee - knoxville), Noah M. Marks (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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