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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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RIC panel discusses pathway to fusion commercialization
Fusion leaders at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s annual Regulatory Information Conference discussed the path forward for regulating the burgeoning fusion industry. The speakers discussed government and private industry initiatives in the United States and United Kingdom, with a focus on efforts shaping the near-term deployment of commercial fusion machines.
A recurring theme was the need to explain the difference between fission and fusion. Representatives from the Department of Energy and Type One Energy highlighted this as an important distinction for regulators, as it will allow fusion to undergo its own independent maturation process for developing standards and regulations in the same way that fission has. Lea Perlas, Fusion Program director at the Virginia Department of Health, said that confusion between fission and fusion has been a common cause for misplaced concerns among community members surrounding Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ proposed fusion plant site near Richmond, Va.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 10, 2020|4:35–6:20PM EDT|3
Session Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
W. Neal Mann (The University of Texas at Austin)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
John Fabian (American Nuclear Society)
This session is for technical papers relating to nuclear energy and nuclear power plant operations not covered by more specific session topics. Topics include, but are not limited to, nuclear power production; nuclear process heat; nuclear power plant design, construction, financing, and economics; and nuclear plant operations including safety and efficiency.
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Stochastic Analysis for Long Term Capital Structures, Systems, and Components Refurbishment and Replacement
Congjian Wang (INL), Diego Mandelli (INL), David Morton (Northwestern Univ.), Ivilina Popova (Texas State Univ.), Stephen Hess (Jensen Hughes), Shawn St. Germain (INL), Curtis Smith (INL)
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Effective Nuclear Plant Waste Heat Utilization by a Bottoming Cryogenic Power Cycle
Alex Kravets (Veritask Energy Systems, Inc.), Don Grace (Veritask Energy Systems, Inc.)
IAEA Activities to Facilitate Near Term Deployment of SMRs
Frederik Reitsma (IAEA), M. Hadid Subki (IAEA), Gerardo Martinez-Guridi (IAEA)
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