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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|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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