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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|Human Factors, Instrumentation, and Controls (HFICD)
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|8:00–9:45AM MDT|Plaza Court 4/5
Session Chair:
Joseph Oncken (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Leonel E. Lagos (Florida Int'l Univ.)
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Designing a Remote Operations Network Architecture for a Microreactor
8:00–8:20AM MDT
Shannon L. Eggers (INL), Joseph Oncken (INL), Sonali Sinha Roy (INL), Ross Hays (INL), Kevin O'Rear (INL)
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Proposed Classifications and Implementation Pathways for Nuclear Reactor Remote Operations
8:20–8:40AM MDT
Joseph Oncken (INL), Shannon L. Eggers (INL), Christopher Chwasz (INL), Thomas A. Ulrich (INL)
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 Int'l Univ.)
Quantum-Safe Authentication and Command Integrity for Robotic Fleets in Operation and Maintenance using Homomorphic Encryption
9:00–9:20AM MDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, 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 (Univ. Illinois, 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 (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL), Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL)
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