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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Senate bill looks to clarify DOE authority over advanced reactors
Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah), chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), has introduced a bill that would grant the Department of Energy greater authority over new nuclear projects under the federal agency’s oversight.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE 2026)
Technical Session|1. Fusion Pilot Plant Studies
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|10:00–11:45AM MDT|Grand Ballroom 2
Session Chair:
Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Thomas Fuerst (INL)
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FLAME for FIRE Laboratory for Accelerated Materials Evaluation
10:00–10:20AM MDT
Zach Hartwig (MIT)
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The Fusion Innovation Research Engine Integrated Materials Program to Accelerate Chamber Technologies (FIRE IMPACT)
10:20–10:40AM MDT
Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sara E. Ferry (MIT), Tim Graening (ORNL)
Fuel Cycle FIRE Collaborative
10:40–11:00AM MDT
George K. Larsen (SRNL), Brenda Garcia-Diaz (SRNL)
Accelerating Fusion Blanket Development through Nuclear Testing (BNT)
11:00–11:20AM MDT
Pattrick Calderoni (INL), Chase N. Taylor (INL), Xiao-Ying Yu (ORNL), David Fischer (MIT), Thomas Fuerst (INL), David Weisberg (General Atomics)
Mitigating Risks from Abrupt Confinement Loss (MiRACL) FIRE Overview
11:20–11:40AM MDT
Nathaniel Ferraro (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
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