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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Getting back to yes: A local perspective on decommissioning, restart, and responsibility
For 45 years, Duane Arnold Energy Center operated in Linn County, Ia., near the town of Palo and just northwest of Cedar Rapids. The facility, owned by NextEra Energy, was the only nuclear power plant in the state.
In August 2020, a historic derecho swept across eastern Iowa with winds approaching 140 miles per hour. Damage to the plant’s cooling towers accelerated a shutdown that had already been planned, and the facility entered decommissioning soon after, with its fuel removed in October of that year. Iowa’s only nuclear plant had gone off line.
Today the national energy landscape looks very different than it did just six short years ago. Electricity demand is rising rapidly as data centers, artificial intelligence infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and electrification expand across the country. Reliable, carbon-free baseload power has become increasingly valuable. In that context, Linn County has approved the rezoning necessary to support the recommissioning and restart of Duane Arnold and is actively supporting NextEra’s efforts to secure the remaining state and federal approvals.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 5, 2021|10:40AM–12:20PM EDT
Session Chair:
Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower)
Session Organizers:
Benoit Forget (MIT)
William Wieselquist (ORNL)
Student Producer:
Joe Coale (NC State Univ.)
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Physics-Informed Deep Learning Neural Network Solution to the Neutron Diffusion Model
10:40–11:05AM EDT
Mohamed H. Elhareef (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Yu Ma (Sun Yat-sen Univ.)
Paper
Improving Whole-Core Calculations by Bayesian Inference From Single-Assembly Measured Reactivity Weights
11:05–11:30AM EDT
P.-L. Alzieu (CEA), G. Truchet (CEA), J. Tommasi (CEA)
Investigation Into the Use of Machine Learning Assisted Prediction of Nodal Parameters for Reduced Order Neutronic Simulation Models
11:30–11:55AM EDT
Madhumitha Ravichandran (MIT), Cole A. Gentry (ORNL), Matteo Bucci (MIT)
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Improved Rational Approximation for Spatially-Dependent Resonance Self-Shielding in CASMO5
11:55AM–12:20PM EDT
Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower)
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