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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE 2026)
Technical Session|1. Fusion Pilot Plant Studies
Tuesday, June 2, 2026|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Tower B
Session Chair:
Andrei Khodak (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
Alternate Chair:
Louise Ferris (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Thomas Fuerst (INL)
Track Organizer:
Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Hazard Identification in a Generic Gas Handling and Recycling System for a Fusion Pilot Plant
1:00–1:20PM MDT
Brennan P. Ferrington (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven L. Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Diana Grandas (EPRI), Andrew G. Sowder (EPRI)
Paper
Identifying Dominant Radiological Risk Drivers in Fusion Power Plant Source Terms
1:20–1:40PM MDT
El Mehdi Ghardi (Bangor Univ.), Robert P. White (Clean Air Task Force), Laurence Williams (Bangor Univ.)
Regulatory Considerations for Radioactive Byproduct Materials and Wastes from Fusion Power Plants
1:40–2:00PM MDT
Robert P. White (Clean Air Task Force), El Mehdi Ghardi (Bangor Univ.)
A Comparison of Fusion and Fission Generated Waste Characteristics
2:00–2:20PM MDT
Jonathan F. Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Son N. Quang (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Consequential Life-Cycle Assessment of Fusion Power Plants at Scale
2:20–2:40PM MDT
Zachary H. Thomas (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Morgan Edwards (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Taesuk Oh (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mohammad A. Allaf (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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