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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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University of Rochester and Focused Energy establish $6.9 million partnership
Focused Energy and the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) have established a $6.9 million partnership agreement to collaborate on fundamental challenges in inertial fusion energy.
Technical Session|Operations and Power (OPD)
Monday, June 1, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Room 10
Session Chair:
W. N. Mann (Argonne National Laboratory)
Alternate Chair:
Keith J. Drudy (Studsvik Scandpower)
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Small Modular Reactors as Strategic Energy Infrastructure: Markets, Geopolitics, and Deployment Risk
1:00–1:20PM MDT
J Michael Grappone, Caspar Donnison (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Javier Bejarano (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Paper
Assessing the Role of Small Modular Reactors in Achieving U.S. Energy Dominance Objectives
1:20–1:40PM MDT
J Michael Grappone (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Kathryn Walsh (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Mackenzie K. Nelson
First-Principles Analysis of Manufacturing Rate Impacts on Advanced High-Temperature Nuclear Plant Costs
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Jacob Prosser, Max Graham (Strategic Analysis, Inc.), Timothy Duffy (Strategic Analysis, Inc.)
Modeling of Nuclear Power Plant Construction Schedule to Evaluate Construction Risk
2:00–2:20PM MDT
Khaldoon Al-Dawood (Idaho National Laboratory), Levi M. Larsen (Idaho National Laboratory)
Operational Availability as a Bottleneck in Fusion Replication
2:20–2:40PM MDT
sophie broekers (Eindhoven University of Technology)
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