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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
Wednesday, December 13, 2023|8:00–9:40AM CST|Galerie 1
Session Chair:
Mahmut N. Cinbiz (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Thak Sang Byun (ORNL)
Track Organizers:
Dong Liu (University of Bristol)
Gary Was (Univ. Michigan)
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Hydrogen Trapping at Microstructural Features in Irradiated Zr Alloys -- A Combined Experimental and Modelling Study
8:00–8:20AM CST
Vidur Tuli (Univ. New South Wales), Lucia Chen (Univ. New South Wales), Benjamin M. Jenkins (Univ. Rouen Normandie), Siyu Huang (Univ. Sydney), Levi Tegg (Univ. Sydney), Jack Haley (UKAEA), Baptiste Gault (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung), Ingrid McCarroll (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung), Anne Callow (National Nuclear Laboratory), Michael P. Moody (Univ. Oxford), Michael Preuss (Univ. Manchester), Christopher R.M. Grovenor (Univ. Oxford), Julie M. Cairney (Univ. Sydney), Patrick A. Burr (Univ. New South Wales)
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Effects of Stress on Zirconium Hydride Precipitation and Dissolution in Cold-Worked Stress Relieved Zircaloy-4
8:20–8:40AM CST
J.B. Balog (Penn State), A.A. Waegaert (Penn State), A.T. Motta (Penn State), B.F. Kammenzind (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), J-S. Park (ANL), J.D. Almer (ANL)
Evaluation of Threshold Stress Inducing Hydride Reorientation in Zirconium Cladding Using Multiphase Field Modeling
8:40–9:00AM CST
Wooseob Shin (Kyung Hee Univ.), Kunok Chang (Kyung Hee Univ.)
Impact of Irradiation Damage and Thermomechanical Treatments on the Hydride Diffusion to the Substrate Liner Interface in Zirconium-Based Nuclear Fuel Claddings
9:00–9:20AM CST
Okan Yetik (Paul Scherrer Institute), Liliana Duarte (Paul Scherrer Institute), Pavel Trtik (Paul Scherrer Institute), Malgorzata Makowska (Paul Scherrer Institute), Cloe Schneider (Paul Scherrer Institute), Diego Sanchez (Paul Scherrer Institute), Robert Zubler (Paul Scherrer Institute), Robin Grabherr (Paul Scherrer Institute), Manuel Pouchon (Paul Scherrer Institute), Johannes Bertsch (Paul Scherrer Institute)
Multi-Component Mean-Field Model of Hydride Precipitation in Zircaloys
9:20–9:40AM CST
Connor Cladingboel (Univ. Sheffield), Claire Utton (Univ. Sheffield), Hector Basoalto (Univ. Sheffield), Magnus Anderson (Thermo-Calc Software), Susan Morgan (National Nuclear Laboratory), Anthony Brooks (National Nuclear Laboratory)