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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Studsvik applies to build more reactors; Sweden seeks majority control of SMR company
New developments in Sweden’s nuclear energy industry continue to make headlines. Last week, Swedish engineering services firm Studsvik submitted an application to build between 600 MWe and 1,400 MWe of new nuclear power capacity “at and around” its Nyköping Municipality headquarters. Separately, the Swedish government is looking to acquire a majority ownership stake in Videberg Kraft AB.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE 2026)
Technical Session|10. Special Sessions
Wednesday, June 3, 2026|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Grand Ballroom 2
Session Chair:
Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Arpan Sircar
Session Organizer:
Thomas Fuerst (INL)
Track Organizer:
Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Nested Pebble Bed Blanket (NesPeB)
3:15–3:35PM MDT
Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL), Vineet Kumar (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Ragai Altamimi (ORNL), Katarzyna Borowiec (ORNL), Arpan Sircar (ORNL)
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CORTEX: Accelerating Fusion Materials Development with OpenMC and Sirepo
3:35–3:55PM MDT
Tomás Mallmann Paganin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL), Stephen Coleman (RadiaSoft), Rob Nagler (RadiaSoft), Paul Moeller (RadiaSoft), Garrett Cole (Colorado State), Jason C. Quinn (Colorado State), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
CORTEX: Assessing Cost of Fusion Materials with Design-for-Manufacture Methodologies
3:55–4:15PM MDT
Garrett M. Cole (Colorado State), Tomás Mallmann Paganin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL), Stephen Coleman (RadiaSoft), Jason C. Quinn (Colorado State), Robert Nagler (RadiaSoft)
Development and Deployment of Fission-Fusion Hybrid Systems at the Kilowatt and Megawatt Scales
4:15–4:35PM MDT
Ross F. Radel (SHINE Technologies), Eric J. Edwards (SHINE Technologies), Matthew Nyberg (SHINE Technologies)
Preconceptual Design of A Zap Energy Sheared-Flow Stabilized Z-Pinch Fusion Pilot Plant
4:35–4:55PM MDT
Alex H. Cheung (Zap Energy)