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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 Evolution of Material Properties
Monday, December 11, 2023|9:30–11:30AM CST|Galerie 1
Session Chair:
Gary Was (Univ. Michigan)
Track Organizers:
Thak Sang Byun (ORNL)
Dong Liu (University of Bristol)
Alternate Chair:
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A Review of the Mechanical Properties of the 316 Stainless Steel Family for Advanced Nuclear Reactors Application
9:30–9:50AM CST
R. Song (INL), M.D. Eklund (INL), A.M Jokisaari (INL), R.A. Roach (INL), C. Topbasi (EPRI)
Paper
Influence of Initial Microstructure and Sampling Location on the Mechanical Behavior of Additively Manufactured 316L Stainless Steel After Neutron Irradiation
9:50–10:10AM CST
Thak Sang Byun (ORNL), Jesse W. Werden (ORNL), Maxim N. Gussev (ORNL), Timothy G. Lach (ORNL), Annabelle Le Coq (ORNL), Kory Linton (ORNL)
Applying Micro-Tensile Testing, Atom Probe Tomography, and High-Resolution TEM Characterization to Harvested High Dose Zorita Light Water Reactor Internals
10:10–10:30AM CST
Cameron Howard (INL), Mukesh Bachhav (INL), Boopathy Kombaiah (INL), Fei Teng (INL), Sohail Shah (INL), Yachun Wang (INL), Jason Daniel (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Analysis of Porosity Defects and Their Impact on Tensile Behavior in LPBF Stainless Steel 316 L Utilizing X-ray Computed Tomography
10:30–10:50AM CST
Tasrif UI Anwar (Utah State), Patrick Merighe (Utah State), Rahul Reddy Kancharla (INL), Boopathy Kombaiah (INL), Nadia Kouraytem (Utah State)
In-Situ 3D High-Energy X-ray Diffraction Study on Deformation Behavior of Neutron-Irradiated Fe-9%Cr
10:50–11:10AM CST
Dominic Piedmont (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jun-Sang Park (ANL), Peter Kenesei (ANL), Jonathan Almer (ANL), Matthew Kasemer (Univ. Alabama), Ezra Mengiste (Univ. Alabama), Meimei Li (ANL), Xuan Zhang (ANL), James F. Stubbins (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Atomistic Simulation of Hydrogen Segregation to Grain Boundaries and Crack Tips
11:10–11:30AM CST
Richard W. Smith (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
