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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
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: Petri Forslund Guimarães|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: Shane Stimpson
Session Chair: Jeffrey Borkowski|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|Alternate Chair: Baxter Durham
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: William F. Lyon
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: Kevin T. Clarno|Alternate Chair: Shane Stimpson
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
