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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Integrating Waste Management for Advanced Reactors: The Universal Canister System and Project UPWARDS
When the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy launched the Optimizing Nuclear Waste and Advanced Reactor Disposal Systems (ONWARDS) program in 2022, it posed a challenge that the nuclear industry had never seriously confronted before: how to design waste management solutions that anticipate the coming shift to advanced reactors and not merely retrofit existing systems built for an older generation of technology. The program’s objectives were ambitious—reduce disposal footprint, enable scalable pathways for unfamiliar waste streams, and build the technical foundations for future disposal—yet also tightly grounded in the realities of emerging nuclear fuel cycles. For the nuclear community, this was a timely call. Advanced reactors were accelerating toward deployment, but the waste management systems needed to support them had not kept pace.
Technical Session|Panel|Fuel Management
Wednesday, July 23, 2025|10:00AM–12:05PM EDT|Bay Room
Session Chair:
G. Ivan Maldonado
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Matthew A. Jessee
This panel is dedicated to honor the contributions and legacy of Dr. Paul Turinsky, who initially organized the sequence of ANFM meetings starting back in 1987 in Pinehurst, NC. There have been five previous ANFM meetings, with this meeting being the sixth.
Dr. Turinsky mentored many graduate students, postdocs, and researchers during his professorship at NC State University, many of which have had impactful careers in the areas of reactor physics, nuclear fuel management optimization, and uncertainty quantification & sensitivity/data analysis.
This panel will be hosted by a handful of Dr. Turinsky’s former students and mentees to help highlight the broad impact he has had over various technical areas that continue to flourish within the scope of the ANFM meetings and beyond.
Paul J. TurinskyProfessor EmeritusDepartment of Nuclear EngineeringNorth Carolina State University
G. Maldonado
Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville
Greg Hobson
Framatome
Atul Karve
GE Vernova
Matthew Jessee
ORNL
Tracy Stover
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
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