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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|Operations and Power (OPD)
Monday, June 1, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Director's Row H
Session Chair:
W. N. Mann (ANL)
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 (LLNL), Javier Bejarano (LLNL)
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Assessing the Role of Small Modular Reactors in Achieving U.S. Energy Dominance Objectives
1:20–1:40PM MDT
J Michael Grappone (LLNL), Kathryn Walsh (LLNL), 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 (INL), Levi M. Larsen (INL)
Operational Availability as a Bottleneck in Fusion Replication
2:20–2:40PM MDT
sophie broekers (Eindhoven University of Technology)
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