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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Nuclear power’s new rule book: Managing uncertainty in efficiency, safety, and independence
The U.S. nuclear industry is standing at its most volatile regulatory moment yet—one that will shape the trajectory and the safety of the industry for decades to come. Recent judicial, legislative, and executive actions are rewriting the rules governing the licensing and regulation of nuclear power reactors. Although these changes are intended to promote and accelerate the deployment of new nuclear energy technologies, the collision of multiple legal shifts—occurring simultaneously and intersecting with profound technological uncertainties—is overwhelming the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and threatening to destabilize investor and industry expectations.
Sunday, April 27, 2025|8:00AM–5:00PM MDT
Horace Tabor
Cost: $99
Limited Space
Organizer: Paul Romano (Argonne National Laboratory), Micah Gale (Idaho National Laboratory) and Travis Labossiere-Hickman (Idaho National Laboratory)
This workshop will introduce attendees to two powerful Python-based tools for performing Monte Carlo simulations. The first tool that will be covered is MontePy, a Python library for reading, editing, and writing MCNP input files. Through hands-on demonstrations, we will show methods to automate common tasks for updating large MCNP models as well as ways to create an MCNP problem from scratch in MontePy. After covering MontePy, we will then proceed with an interactive demonstration of the OpenMC Monte Carlo code, showing how its Python API can be used to define a model, run a simulation, and analyze the results. Together, attendees will have a strong starting point for performing their own explorations using MontePy and OpenMC.
Participants should bring their laptop to follow along with the live demonstrations. There are no requirements to install software ahead of time. A link will be provided to access the software on a cloud computing platform accessible through any web browser.
