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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DOE awards $2.7B for HALEU and LEU enrichment
Yesterday, the Department of Energy announced that three enrichment services companies have been awarded task orders worth $900 million each. Those task orders were given to American Centrifuge Operating (a Centrus Energy subsidiary) and General Matter, both of which will develop domestic HALEU enrichment capacity, along with Orano Federal Services, which will build domestic LEU enrichment capacity.
The DOE also announced that it has awarded Global Laser Enrichment an additional $28 million to continue advancing next generation enrichment technology.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|San Simeon A
Session Chair:
Temi Adeyeye (NuScale Power)
Alternate Chair:
Tim Crook (MCR Performance Solutions)
Session Organizer:
W. Neal Mann (ANL)
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Technology-Enhanced Regulatory Frameworks: The Advanced Containment for Radionuclide Aerosol Deposition (AC-RAD) Concept
Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical), Rohan Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical)
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Viability of the Quantitative Health Objectives as Performance Metrics
Adam Stein (Breakthrough Institute)
Regulatory Guidance for a Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Advanced Reactor Safety Analysis Report
Steven P. Nesbit (LMNT Consulting), Amir Afzali (Southern Co.), Jason Andrus (INL), Brandon Chisholm (Southern Co.), Ben Holtzman (Nuclear Energy Institute)
Tabletop Exercises to Support Developing Advanced Reactor Safety Analysis Report Guidance
Brandon M. Chisholm (Southern Co.), Amir Afzali (Southern Co.), Steve Nesbit (LMNT Consulting), Jason Andrus (INL)
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