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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 Integrated Phenomena in Reactor Materials
Thursday, December 14, 2023|8:00–9:40AM CST|Galerie 5
Session Chair:
Peng Wang (Univ. Michigan)
Alternate Chair:
Stuart A. Maloy (PNNL)
Track Organizers:
Andrew Hoffman (n/a)
Adrian Couet (University of Wisconsin- Madison)
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Development of Tapered Specimen Geometries for Accelerated Ion Irradiation Creep Testing of 316 Stainless Steel
8:00–8:20AM CST
M.M. Warwick (Univ. Michigan), W. Peterson (Univ. Michigan), C.A. Hirst (Univ. Michigan), K.G. Field (Univ. Michigan)
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Evaluation of Irradiation Creep Effects in HT9 Cladding for FAST Experiments
8:20–8:40AM CST
A.I. Swearingen (INL), K.M. Paaren (INL), G.I. Beausoleil (INL)
Accelerating Ion Irradiation Sample Throughput via Lateral Gas Implantation Gradients
8:40–9:00AM CST
Charles A. Hirst (Univ. Michigan), Aäron Penders (Univ. Michigan), Alexander Flick (Univ. Michigan), Fabian Naab (Univ. Michigan), Logan N. Clowers (Univ. Michigan), Valentin Pauly (Univ. Michigan), Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Cody A. Dennett (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Michael P. Short (MIT), Gary S. Was (Univ. Michigan)
Integral Performance of Advanced Metallic Fuel During Severe Transient Overpower
9:00–9:20AM CST
C. Jensen (INL), K. Anderson (INL), B. Armstrong (INL), Austin Fleming (INL), M. Mihelish (INL), R. Fielding (INL), N. Woolstenhulme (INL), J. Schulthess (INL), L. Ocampo Giraldo (INL), P. Medvedev (INL), D. Wachs (INL)
Investigation of Representative LOCA Scenarios on Transient Fission Gas-Induced Fragmentation in Support of Integral LOCA Experiments to be Performed in TREAT
9:20–9:40AM CST
R.J. Armstrong (INL), C.B. Jensen (INL), C.P. Folsom (INL)