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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|3:10–4:50PM CST|Galerie 1
Session Chair:
Clarissa Yablinsky (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
Thak Sang Byun (ORNL)
Track Organizers:
Gary Was (Univ. Michigan)
Dong Liu (University of Bristol)
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Development and Preliminary Results of a Neutron Radiography-Based Hydrogen Quantification Technique for Bulk Hydrogen Studies
3:10–3:30PM CST
J. Zymbaluk (Colorado School of Mines), R. Jarmer (Colorado School of Mines), J.C. King (Colorado School of Mines), J.D. Ballard (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
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Uncovering Helium Cavity Transitions and Their Implications for Mechanical Behavior Using Multimodal Synchrotron X-ray Techniques
3:30–3:50PM CST
J.R. Trelewicz (Stony Brook Univ.), W.S. Cunningham (Stony Brook Univ.), Y. Zhang (Stony Brook Univ.), S.P. Thomas (Stony Brook Univ.), D.J. Sprouster (Stony Brook Univ.)
Presented by C. Killeen (Stony Brook Univ.)
Impact of Helium Bubbles on Fracture Stress from Phase Field Simulations
3:50–4:10PM CST
An T. Ta (Univ. Florida), Yixi Shen (Univ. Florida), Micheal R. Tonks (Univ. Florida), Doug E. Spearot (Univ. Florida), Simon R. Phillpot (Univ. Florida)
Tellurium Embrittlement of Alloy 617 in Molten FLiNaK Salt
4:10–4:30PM CST
Mohammad Umar Farooq Khan (Univ. Michigan), Lesley Frame (Univ. Connecticut), Stephen S. Raiman (Univ. Michigan)
