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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Studsvik announces partnership to deploy four BWRX-300s in Sweden
Swedish engineering services firm Studsvik and its partners have teamed up on a four-unit BWRX-300 new build project in southern Sweden. On Thursday, Studsvik entered into a joint development agreement with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy, GE Vernova Financial Services, DS Investment Partners, and Samsung C&T to advance the 1.2-GW ReFirm program, with the expectation the first unit will commence operations in the mid-2030s.
General Chairs:
Kostas Dovas (Exelon Generation)
Kostadin Ivanov (North Carolina State Univ.)
Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Christopher McClain (Dominion Energy)
Drew Thomas (Idaho National Laboratory)
Scribe:
Michael Marler (Marler Consulting)
Program Committee Co-Chairs:
Pat Berry (Patrick Berry Consulting, LLC)
Chuck Lease
Review Committee Chair:
Russ Coon (Exelon, retired)
Sponsorship Co-Chairs:
David Helling (Westinghouse)
Dan Randolph (X-energy)
Marketing/Social Media Chair:
Billy Wilson (OPG)
Committee Members:
Douglas Batche (Exelon)
Oum Keltoum Bouhelal (Higher National School Mines)
Lori Brady (Nuclear Energy Institute)
Susana del Alamo (Tecnatom)
Kenny Christian (INPO/NANT)
Juan Cortez (Callaway, Ameren)
Thomas Dean (Exelon Generation)
Lisa Edwards (EPRI)
Charlotte Hendrix (INL)
Gerry Hildebrandt (STPEGS)
Lois Jordan (INPO)
Bei Liu (Excelsior College)
Michael Johnson
Al Lowe (Southern Nuclear)
Lisa Marshall (North Carolina State University)
Jason Overstreet (Southern Nuclear)
Analiese Piraino (FENOC)
Brandon Starnes
Pam Terry (Westinghouse)
Jason Valtos (TVA)
Jeffrey Walton (TVA)
Ray Dean
Larry Lucas
Bert Barnes
Others:
Dan Carleton (Terrestrial USA)
Kathryn Hallman (EPRI)
John Hunsicker (Entergy)
Gregg Ludlam
Dan Roy (Accelerant Solutions)
Gregory Ruppert
