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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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United States, Armenia reach agreement on nuclear cooperation
Vice President J.D. Vance and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the signing of the 123 Agreement. (Photo: Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia)
During his visit to Armenia on February 9, Vice President J.D. Vance signed an agreement with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for cooperation in the civil nuclear energy sector. The “Agreement on Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America in the Field of Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy” will reportedly open the door to $5 billion in initial U.S. nuclear-related exports to Armenia, in addition to $4 billion worth of longer-term fuel and maintenance contracts.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|Tennessee
Session Chair:
Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
Alternate Chair:
William N. Mann (ANL)
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Nuclear-Assisted Integrated Pulp, Paper and Biofuels Plants
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Charles Forsberg (MIT), Jeremy Shook (EPRI)
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Review of District Energy Technology for Nuclear Power Applications
10:20–10:40AM EDT
Ryan Dailey (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Used Nuclear Fuel District Energy System Feasibility Study
10:40–11:00AM EDT
Ryan Dailey (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Cate Beckman (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Daniel Moneghan (EPRI), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
A Concept for Integration of Direct Air Capture System in the Thermal Balance of a Nuclear Power Station
11:00–11:20AM EDT
Emilian Popov (ORNL), Vineet Kumar (ORNL), Arpan Sircar (ORNL)
Techno-Economic Analysis of an Integrated Direct Air Capture System with an Existing Nuclear Power Plant
11:20–11:40AM EDT
Arpan Sircar (ORNL), Vineet Kumar (ORNL), Emilian Popov (ORNL)
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