ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Latest Magazine Issues
May 2026
Jan 2026
2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
June 2026
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Getting back to yes: A local perspective on decommissioning, restart, and responsibility
For 45 years, Duane Arnold Energy Center operated in Linn County, Ia., near the town of Palo and just northwest of Cedar Rapids. The facility, owned by NextEra Energy, was the only nuclear power plant in the state.
In August 2020, a historic derecho swept across eastern Iowa with winds approaching 140 miles per hour. Damage to the plant’s cooling towers accelerated a shutdown that had already been planned, and the facility entered decommissioning soon after, with its fuel removed in October of that year. Iowa’s only nuclear plant had gone off line.
Today the national energy landscape looks very different than it did just six short years ago. Electricity demand is rising rapidly as data centers, artificial intelligence infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and electrification expand across the country. Reliable, carbon-free baseload power has become increasingly valuable. In that context, Linn County has approved the rezoning necessary to support the recommissioning and restart of Duane Arnold and is actively supporting NextEra’s efforts to secure the remaining state and federal approvals.
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)
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
3S-Informed Security for Next Generation Nuclear Facilities
Ben Cipiti (Sandia), Alan Evans (Sandia)
Paper
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.)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
