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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Ur-Energy begins ISR mining operations at Wyoming’s Shirley Basin
Ur-Energy Inc. announced last week that it has begun in situ recovery (ISR) operations at its Shirley Basin uranium mining site in central Wyoming.
The company, which also operates the Lost Creek ISR project in south-central Wyoming, decided to begin construction at Shirley Basin after making a “go” decision in March 2024. It has said that the combined total annual licensed production and toll processing capacity of Lost Creek and Shirley Basin is 4.2 million pounds U₃O₈.
Technical Session|Fuel Management
Monday, July 21, 2025|2:30–3:45PM EDT|Beach Room
Session Chair:
Jeffrey Borkowski (Studsvik)
Alternate Chair:
Zhiwen Xu
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Best-Estimate Enhanced Option III - A Non-parametric Statistical Analysis of BWR Stability Events
2:30–2:55PM EDT
C. Myers (Framatome), D. Tinkler (Framatome)
Paper
Validation of Axpo's SIMULATE-3K Models against Stability Measurements of Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant
2:55–3:20PM EDT
A. Dokhane (Axpo), A. Noel (Axpo), G. Malavasi (Axpo), S. Baumgartner (Axpo), D. Chionis (Axpo)
Westinghouse Extended Operating Domain Stability (WEOD-S) Solution
3:20–3:45PM EDT
Camilla S. Rotander (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Presented by Jesper Kierkegaard (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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