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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Five companies, five bases: The Army’s Janus Program takes shape
Between the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses and Nuclear Energy Launch Pad programs, August has already been a busy month for federal partnerships with the nuclear industry.
That trend continues: On Wednesday, the Department of the Army announced that it has selected five nuclear reactor developers—Antares Nuclear, BWXT Advanced Technologies, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, Radiant Industries, and Westinghouse Government Services—each paired with a different military installation, for its Janus Program.
This week, the nuclear community descended on Dallas, Texas, for the second annual Nuclear Energy Conference and Expo, the premier industry-focused nuclear conference cohosted by the American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute. Among the plenary panelists was Jeff Waksman, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy, and environment. Waksman has been closely involved in the development of the Janus Program, and the morning before the program’s new selections were unveiled, he provided insights on its ultimate goals at NECX 2026.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fundamental Irradiation Damage
Thursday, December 14, 2023|3:10–4:50PM CST|Galerie 6
Session Chair:
Anne A. Campbell (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Flyura Djurabekova (Univ. Helsinki)
Track Organizers:
Steve Zinkle (University of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Mitra Taheri (Johns Hopkins University)
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Kinetics and Stability of Nano-Scale Precipitates in Fe-Based Alloys During Ion Irradiations
3:10–3:50PM CST
Yajie Zhao (ORNL), Pengcheng Zhu (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jonathan Poplawsky (ORNL), Arunodaya Bhattacharya (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), Steven Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Presented by Siwei Chen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Paper
Impact of Micro-Alloying and Precipitation in Ion-Irradiated Nickel: From the Inhibition of Point-Defect Cluster Diffusion by Thermal Segregation to the Change of Dislocation Loop Nature
3:50–4:10PM CST
M. Loyer-Prost (CEA), K. Ma (CEA), B. Décamps (Univ. Paris-Saclay), L. Huang (CEA), M. Nastar (CEA), R.E. Schäublin (ETH Zurich), J.F. Löffler (ETH Zurich), A. Fraczkiewicz (CNRS), M.A. Belghoul (CEA), P. Vermaut (CNRS), F. Prima (CNRS)
Beryllium Carbide Tolerance to Radiation Damage for Advanced Reactor Moderators
4:10–4:30PM CST
Diego A. Muzquiz (Univ. Michigan), Stephen S. Raiman (Univ. Michigan)
Temperature Dependent Evolution of Microstructure in Fe10Cr Alloy Under Proton Irradiation
4:30–4:50PM CST
Siwei Chen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Yajie Zhao (ORNL), Yao Li (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Qinyun Chen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
