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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
Meeting Spotlight
2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
To add or remove a session from your itinerary, please check the circle to the left of its title.
10:00AM–12:05PM EDT
Panel|Bay Room|Artificial Intelligence
Session Chair: Jonathan M. Nistor|Alternate Chair: James J. Tusar
Beach Room|Fuel Management
Session Chair: James J. Tusar|Alternate Chair: Benjamin S. Collins
Palm Room|Fuel Management
Session Chair: Dave G. Knott|Alternate Chair: Jeffrey A. Borkowski
Gulf Room|Methods Development
Session Chair: Matthew A. Jessee|Alternate Chair: William C. Dawn
2:30–3:45PM EDT
Gulf Room|Advanced Reactors
Session Chair: Joshua Hykes|Alternate Chair: Joe Fuel
Session Chair: Baris Sarikaya|Alternate Chair: Zhiwen Xu
Panel|Bay Room|Fuel Management
Session Chair: Baris Sarikaya|Alternate Chair: James J. Tusar
Session Chair: Greg H. Hobson|Alternate Chair: Benjamin S. Collins
4:05–5:45PM EDT
Palm Room|Artificial Intelligence
Session Chair: Jason Hou|Alternate Chair: ATUL KARVE
Session Chair: JAMES LAIRD|Alternate Chair: Petri Forslund Guimarães
Session Chair: Benjamin S. Collins|Alternate Chair: Joel D. Rhodes
Palm Room|Advanced Reactors
Session Chair: Donny Hartanto|Alternate Chair: Joe Fuel
Session Chair: John C. Hannah
Session Chair: Radu Pomirleanu|Alternate Chair: Jennifer W. Baker
Session Chair: Justin K. Watson|Alternate Chair: Geoff Pihl
Panel|Bay Room|Advanced Reactors
Session Chair: Kevin T. Clarno|Alternate Chair: Benjamin S. Collins
Session Chair: Jeffrey A. Borkowski|Alternate Chair: ATUL KARVE
Session Chair: Duncan E. Robinson|Alternate Chair: Thomas Kindred
Session Chair: Joel D. Rhodes|Alternate Chair: Benjamin S. Collins
Session Chair: Steve E. Skutnik|Alternate Chair: Joe Fuel
Session Chair: Dennis F. Hussey|Alternate Chair: Duncan E. Robinson
Session Chair: Vincent Penkrot|Alternate Chair: Emiliya L. Georgieva
Session Chair: Charles A. Wemple|Alternate Chair: Yuxuan Liu
8:00–9:40AM EDT
Session Chair: Jason Hou|Alternate Chair: Justin K. Watson
Session Chair: Vincent Penkrot|Alternate Chair: Tamer Bahadir
Session Chair: G. Ivan Maldonado|Alternate Chair: Matthew A. Jessee
Session Chair: Baris Sarikaya|Alternate Chair: Duncan E. Robinson
Session Chair: Rodolfo M. Ferrer|Alternate Chair: David Kropaczek
