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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 Poster Session
Tuesday, December 12, 2023|5:00–7:00PM CST|Galerie 2
Session Chair:
Anne A. Campbell
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Maria A. Okuniewski
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Trends in LOCA Testing and Modeling Needs for High Burnup and Accident Tolerant Fuel
5:00–5:01PM CST
A. Probert (Univ. Florida), A. Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida), J. Watson (Univ. Florida)
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Measurement of High Temperature Heat Capacity and Thermal Diffusivity of (U,Pu)O2 as a Function of Pu Content
5:01–5:02PM CST
S. Hirooka (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), T. Matsumoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), K.Morimoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), M. Ogasawara (Inspection Development Co.), T. Murakami (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), M. Kato (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Dynamic Mechanical Properties of High Purity Graphite
5:02–5:03PM CST
B.D. Huddleston (INL), T.A. Mason (INL), C.J. Gibson (INL), N. Rasmussen (INL), C. Angell (INL), J. Coleman (INL)
Corrosion Behavior and Microstructural Characterization Study of Alloy 709 in a High-Temperature Lead Environment
5:03–5:04PM CST
D.J. Park (KAERI), J.H. Moon (KAERI), H.Y. Song (KAERI), T.W. Cho (KAERI), S.H. Kim (KAERI), Y.J. Jeong (KAERI)
Interpretation Using Multiphysics Simulation of Rechargeable Battery Electrolyte Gelation Process by Electron Beam Irradiation
5:04–5:05PM CST
Woojien Lee (Kyung Hee Univ.), Jaehyeon Kim (Hongik Univ.), Taeshik Earmme (Hongik Univ.), Kunok Chang (Kyung Hee Univ.)
CPU-GPU Hybrid Parallelized Solver for Semi-Implicit Cahn-Hilliard Equation
5:05–5:06PM CST
Ilhyun Cho (Kyung Hee Univ.), Kunok Chang (Kyung Hee Univ.)
Helium Effects on Defect Evolution of In-Situ Irradiated Additive-Manufactured Grade 91 Steel
5:06–5:07PM CST
Sydney Copp (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Yan-Ru Lin (ORNL), Arunodaya Bhattacharya (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), Wei-Ying Chen (ANL), Steven Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Irradiation Hardening Analysis with Elasto-Plastic and Load-Partitioning Behaviors on Fe-Cr-C Alloys Using In-Situ XRD Technique
5:07–5:08PM CST
Hoon Lee (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Dominic Piedmont (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Xiang Liu (Zhejiang Univ.), Kuan-Che Lan (Nat'l Tsing Hua Univ.), Meimei Li (ANL), Jonathan Almer (ANL), James F. Stubbins (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Exploration of Sintering Phenomena and Grain Growth in Doped CeO2 and UO2
5:08–5:09PM CST
J. Proctor (Univ. California, Irvine), O. Lori (Univ. California, Irvine), S. Dillon (Univ. California, Irvine), J.T. White (LANL), S.C. Finkeldei (Univ. California, Irvine)
Moduli Measurements of Metal Hydride Moderators, Fuels, and Cladding Materials via Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy
5:09–5:10PM CST
T.A. Saleh (LANL), J.R. Torres (ORNL), M.L. Hayne (LANL), C.A. Kohnert (LANL), J.T. White (LANL), S. Widgeon Paisner (LANL), A.J. Terricabras (LANL), A.P. Shivprasad (LANL)
The use of X-rays to Image Nuclear Fuel and new Approaches Through Gratings Based X-ray Imaging
5:10–5:11PM CST
A. N. Sarceno (Univ. Florida), J. E. Baciak (Univ. Florida)
Examining Porosity of U-10wt%Zr Fuel at Various Burnups and Temperatures
5:11–5:12PM CST
M.K. Smith (Purdue), N. Rodriguez Perez (Purdue), M.A. Okuniewski (Purdue)
Multiscale Multiphysics Model of Crud Transport and Deposition in Pressurized Water Reactors: Formulation and Preliminary Results Examining the Effect of Surface Potentials
5:12–5:13PM CST
Sri Saravana Konganapuram Narasimma Bharath (SUNY Polytechnic Institute), Bhavani Sasank Nagothi (SUNY Polytechnic Institute), Eric Wales (SUNY Polytechnic Institute), John Arnason (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Matthew Armstrong (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Kathleen Dunn (SUNY Polytechnic Institute)
High Density TRISO
5:13–5:14PM CST
Daniel R. Talbot (U.S. Air Force Academy)
Analyzing ZrN and LiF-Doped ZrN as a Shield Material for Fusion and Space Reactors
5:14–5:15PM CST
M.M. Karatas (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), S.J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Liquid Tin Compatibility Experiment in HFIR
5:15–5:16PM CST
N.G. Russell (ORNL), B.A. Pint (ORNL)
Inverse Temperature Dependence of Silver Release Rate from Intact TRISO Fuel
5:16–5:17PM CST
T.J. Gerczak (ORNL), J.D. Hunn (ORNL), D.J. Skitt (ORNL), G.W. Helmreich (ORNL), D. Schappel (ORNL), Z.M. Burns (ORNL)
Determining the Spatial Distribution of Primary Radiation Damage in Real Materials
5:17–5:18PM CST
M.I. Brand (Univ. New South Wales), E.G. Obbard (Univ. New South Wales), P.A. Burr (Univ. New South Wales)