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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DOE awards ANS-backed workforce consortium $19.2M
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy recently awarded about $49.7 million to 10 university-led projects aiming to develop nuclear workforce training programs around the country.
DOE-NE issued its largest award, $19.2 million, to the newly formed Great Lakes Partnership to Enhance the Nuclear Workforce (GLP). This regional consortium, which is led by the University of Toledo and includes the American Nuclear Society, will use the funds to fill a variety of existing gaps in the nuclear workforce pipeline.
Technical Session|Fuel Cycle and Waste Management (FCWMD)
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Governor's Square 10
Session Chair:
Harish Reddy Gadey (INL)
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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