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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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From SPARC to ARC: CFS prepares for a first-of-a-kind fusion plant
Commonwealth Fusion Systems makes no small plans. The company wants to build a 400-MWe magnetic confinement fusion power plant called ARC near Richmond, Va., and begin operating it in the early 2030s. And the plans don’t end there. CFS wants to deploy “thousands” of fusion power plants capable of accelerating a global energy transition.
Technical Session
Wednesday, February 8, 2023|3:20–5:00PM EST|Ossabaw
Session Chair:
Alan Lowe (Southern Nuclear)
Alternate Chair:
Russ Coon
Session Organizer:
Charles Lease
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Training Continuous Improvement: Expert Instructors and Driving Performance Improvement of the Training Programs
3:20–3:45PM EST
Bobby Simpson (South Texas Project)
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Improving the Platform Skills of Nuclear Instructors via Instructional Coaching to Improve Students' Long-Term Knowledge Retention
3:45–4:10PM EST
Amanda L. Cobb (South Texas Project)
Application of the Extended Mind Thesis to Nuclear Training
4:10–4:35PM EST
David W. Helling (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Instructor of Practice: An Active and Sustainable Community to Support Instructor Proficiency
4:35–5:00PM EST
Marlene Khalil (Ontario Power Generation), John Tripoli (Talen Energy & Utilities Service Alliance)
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