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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Tech giant Meta is making big bets on TerraPower and Oklo. With the former, the hyperscaler could support the deployment of up to eight new reactors. With the latter, it could be as many as sixteen.
For both start-ups, Meta hopes its demand bolsters supply chains, the workforce, and the nuclear industry generally. For itself, the company is aiming to secure more generation to cleanly power its AI ambitions.
General Chair:
J. Wesley Hines (University of Tennessee Knoxville)
Technical Program Cochairs:
Andrew Thomas (Idaho National Laboratory)
Russell Coon (VPSP, LLC)
Frank Giannone (Duke Energy)
Program Schedule Chair:
Patrick Berry (Program Schedule Chair, Patrick Berry Consulting, LLC)
Executive Sponsor:
Kostas Dovas (Exelon Nuclear)
Sponsor Cochairs:
David Helling (Westinghouse)
Dan Randolph (Exelon Calvert Cliffs)
Publication Chair:
Rob Sandstrom (Focus Forward Performance Solutions LLC)
Committee Members:
Shaima Al Mansoori (Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation)
John Austin (Southern Company)
Bill Barron (Ontario Power Generation)
Douglas Batche (Exelon Nuclear Security)
Aaron Bergeron (TVA)
Oum Keltoum Bouhelal (Higher National School)
Richard Coe (Thomas Edison State College)
Juan Cortez (Callaway, Ameren)
Raymond Dean (The West Wind Group)
Thomas Dean (Exelon Generation)
Lisa Edwards (EPRI)
Rick Gayheart (Southern Company)
Gerry Hildebrandt (STP)
Bei Liu (Excelsior College)
George Manaskie (INPO)
Michael Marler (Marler Consulting)
Lisa Marshall (North Carolina State University)
Terry Maund (INPO)
Stephen Page (BE EDF)
Analiese Piraino (FENOC)
Robert Rodriguez (Tecnatom USA)
Pamela Terry (Westinghouse)
Irina Vorobieva (Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power)
Jason Valtos (TVA)
Helena Zhivitskaya (IAEA)
