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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|Human Factors, Instrumentation, and Controls (HFICD)
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|8:00–9:45AM MDT|Room 2
Session Chair:
Joseph Oncken (Idaho National Laboratory)
Alternate Chair:
Leonel E. Lagos (Florida International University)
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Designing a Remote Operations Network Architecture for a Microreactor
8:00–8:20AM MDT
Shannon L. Eggers (Idaho National Laboratory), Joseph Oncken (Idaho National Laboratory), Sonali Roy (Idaho National Laboratory), Ross Hays (Idaho National Laboratory), Kevin O'Rear
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Proposed Classifications and Implementation Pathways for Nuclear Reactor Remote Operations
8:20–8:40AM MDT
Joseph Oncken (Idaho National Laboratory), Shannon L. Eggers (Idaho National Laboratory), Christopher Chwasz (Idaho National Laboratory), Thomas A. Ulrich (Idaho National Laboratory)
Drone LiDAR and Ground-Penetrating Radar Simulation for Concrete Inspection in Nuclear Facilities
8:40–9:00AM MDT
HARI HARA BABU SARIPALLI, Leonel E. Lagos (Florida International University)
Quantum-Safe Authentication and Command Integrity for Robotic Fleets in Operation and Maintenance using Homomorphic Encryption
9:00–9:20AM MDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Md Jahangir Alam (University of Texas, El Paso), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois University), Sajedul Talukder (University of Texas, El Paso), Syed Bahauddin Alam (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Ismail Hossain (University of Texas, El Paso)
Understanding Wireless Use Cases for Drone Controls: Latency Challenges and Mitigation for Advanced Automation
9:20–9:40AM MDT
Imtiaz Nasim (Idaho National Laboratory), Vivek Agarwal (Idaho National Laboratory), Ahmad Al Rashdan (Idaho National Laboratory)
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