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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
Thursday, December 14, 2023|10:00–11:40AM CST|Galerie 1
Session Chair:
Benjamin P. Eftink (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
Thak Sang Byun (ORNL)
Track Organizers:
Gary Was (Univ. Michigan)
Dong Liu (University of Bristol)
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Effective Lanthanide Diffusivity Through U-Zr Metallic Fuel
10:00–10:20AM CST
L.K. Aagesen (INL), J. Hirschhorn (INL), C. Jiang (INL)
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Effects of High Temperature Neutron Irradiation on the Thermal Conductivity of Graphite
10:20–10:40AM CST
Anne A. Campbell (ORNL)
Hardening of Beryllium During Low Temperature Irradiation
10:40–11:00AM CST
Slava Kuksenko (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
Influence of Alloying Element Precipitation (Si, Mg) on Grain Boundary Strength in Al: A Molecular Dynamics Study
11:00–11:20AM CST
ATM Jahid Hasan (NCSU), Benjamin Beeler (NCSU)
Machine Learning-Aided Calculations of Thermodynamic Properties of Na-O System up to Na2O2 Composition
11:20–11:40AM CST
Chaeyeong Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Takuji Oda (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
