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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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NNSA awards BWXT $1.5B defense fuels contract
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded BWX Technologies a contract valued at $1.5 billion to build a Domestic Uranium Enrichment Centrifuge Experiment (DUECE) pilot plant in Tennessee in support of the administration’s efforts to build out a domestic supply of unobligated enriched uranium for defense-related nuclear fuel.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)
Plenary Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Pacific A
A White House Fusion Summit earlier this year signaled U.S. ambition to develop a bold decadal plan to dramatically accelerate fusion RD&D in partnership with the private sector. This panel will bring together a broad set of stakeholders and leaders who will share their vision about how to accelerate fusion RD&D and the technical and commercialization barriers needing to be overcome.
moderator
Scott HsuDOE Lead Fusion Coordinator and ARPA-E Program Director
Speakers
Kathryn A. McCarthy, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National LaboratoryAssociate Laboratory Director for Fusion and Fission Energy and Science
Artem Smirnov TAE, CTO
Satoshi Konishi Kyoto Fusioneering, Co-founder and Chief Fusioneer and Professor at Kyoto University
Troy Carter UCLA, Professor
Jane Hotchkiss Co-Founder and President, Energy for the Common Good
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