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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|2. Fusion Fuel Cycle Technologies
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|10:00–11:45AM MDT|Tower C
Session Chair:
Arpan Sircar (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Thomas Fuerst (INL)
Track Organizer:
Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Coupled Neutronics and Thermal-Fluid Simulations of Tritium Transport in Molten-Salt Breeder Blankets Using Cardinal
10:00–10:20AM MDT
Sharp C. Y. Lo (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), Helen M. Brooks (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), David Foster (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
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Three-Dimensional Modelling of Dual Coolant Lead Lithium Blanket for Spherical Tokamak Using a Magnetic Induction Formulation
10:20–10:40AM MDT
Deepa Gupta (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Andrei Khodak (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Nathaniel Ferraro (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Thomas G. Brown (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Jonathan E. Menard (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
Detailed Specifications of Transfer Models for Activated Corrosion Products in Lead-lithium Breeding Blanket
10:40–11:00AM MDT
Rami Bechara (CEA Cadarache), Frederic Dacquait (CEA Cadarache), Chloé Cherpin (CEA Cadarache), Christophe-Alexandre Chalons (CEA Cadarache), Jean-Baptiste Genin (CEA Saclay), François Broutin (CEA Cadarache), Laurent Brissonneau (CEA Cadarache)
Multi-physics Modeling of a LIBRTI Solid Breeder Experiment Conceptual Design
11:00–11:20AM MDT
Siddharth Mungale (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), Helen M. Brooks (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), Luke Humphrey (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL), Casey T. Icenhour (INL), David Foster (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
Analyzing the Effect of the Neutron Source Spectrum on Tokamak Breeding Blanket Material Transmutation
11:20–11:40AM MDT
Daniel H. Flynn (Penn State), Stefano Terlizzi (Penn State)
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