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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DOE turns to private sector to build out spent nuclear fuel recycling
The Department of Energy on April 22 issued two requests for applications seeking proposals from private industry on kickstarting the reprocessing and recycling of spent nuclear fuel in the United States.
According to the DOE, the RFAs represent an unprecedented opportunity for the private sector to restore the nation’s nuclear leadership.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Monday, June 13, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Santa Monica
Session Chair:
Benjamin B. Cipiti (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Mark Schanfein (INL)
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3S-Informed Security for Next Generation Nuclear Facilities
Ben Cipiti (Sandia), Alan Evans (Sandia)
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Developing 3D Printing Remotely Interrogated Sensors for Fuel Cycle Safeguards
Jake Marr (Purdue), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue), Vasileios Theos (Purdue), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)
Gallium Oxide Schottky Barrier Diodes for Alpha Spectroscopy
Christopher Heckert (Ohio State), Neil R. Taylor (Ohio State), Sushovan Dhara (Ohio State), Siddharth Rajan (Ohio State), Lei R. Cao (Ohio State), Thomas E. Blue (Ohio State)
Heat Signature Computational Simulation Results for Safeguarded Spent Nuclear Fuel
Alvaro Pizarro-Vallejos (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Michael D. Kaminski (ANL), Jeffrey Fortner (ORNL)
Model Refinement Studies for Molten Salt Freeze Port Conceptual Design Using COMSOL
Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Paul Marotta (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.)
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