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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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EnergySolutions confirms plans for new nuclear at Kewaunee
Utah-based EnergySolutions announced on January 15 that it has submitted a notice of intent to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, confirming that the company plans to submit an application for a “major licensing action” for new nuclear generation at the closed Kewaunee nuclear power plant in Wisconsin. Applications for an early site permit, construction permit, or combined license are currently being evaluated, the company said.
Technical Session|Advanced Reactors
Tuesday, July 22, 2025|10:00AM–12:05PM EDT|Palm Room
Session Chair:
Donny Hartanto
Alternate Chair:
Joe Fuel
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Fine Group Structure Optimization for Pebble Bed Reactor Simulations
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Andrew P. Panter (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Hansol Park (ANL), Changho Lee (ANL), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Paper
Sensitivity Study of 𝐾eff to Neutron Cross-Section Perturbations in a Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Using MOX and Metal Fuels
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Oyeon Kum (KIRAMS)
A Breed-and-Burn Strategy Proposal for Mizton, a Heat Pipe-Cooled Microreactor
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Emiliano Morones-García (UNAM), Juan-Luis François (UNAM)
SCALE Modeling and Inventory Generation for a Generic TRISO-Fueled Heat Pipe Micro Reactor
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL), Tarek Ghaddar (ORNL), Rabab Elzohery (ORNL), William Wieselquist (ORNL)
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