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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 RPD
Tuesday, June 13, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|Kentucky
Session Chair:
Benjamin R. Betzler
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
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Nuclear Data Uncertainty Quantification of High Flux Isotope Reactor Low-Enriched Uranium Design
3:15–3:35PM EDT
D. Hartanto (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), B.R. Betzler (ORNL), J.R. Burns (ORNL), D. Chandler (ORNL), C. Sizemore (ORNL)
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Equilibrium Cycle Modeling of a Generic mHTGR Similar to the Xe-100
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Annie Berens (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Benchmark Calculations for Peach Bottom Unit 2 and Hatch Unit 1 Using the SCALE-6.3.0/Polaris-PARCS v3.4.2 Code Package
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Kang Seog Kim (ORNL), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Andrew M. Ward (Univ. Michigan), Matthew A. Jessee (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Benchmark Calculations for BEAVRS and Watt Bar Unit 1 Using the SCALE-6.3.0/Polaris-PARCS v3.4.2 Code Package
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Improvement of SCALE Infrastructure on Microsoft Windows
4:35–4:55PM EDT
Shane W.D. Hart (ORNL), Seth R. Johnson (ORNL), Robert A. Lefebvre (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
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