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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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CFS working with NVIDIA, Siemens on SPARC digital twin
Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a fusion firm headquartered in Devens, Mass., is collaborating with California-based computing infrastructure company NVIDIA and Germany-based technology conglomerate Siemens to develop a digital twin of its SPARC fusion machine. The cooperative work among the companies will focus on applying artificial intelligence and data- and project-management tools as the SPARC digital twin is developed.
Technical Session
Monday, September 15, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Grand Salon AB
Session Chair:
Tracy Stover
Alternate Chair:
Brittany M. Williamson
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The Importance of Collaboration Throughout Transition into New Phases in Facility Lifecycles
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Lindsey Whiteley (Sellafield), Jennifer Bateman (Sellafield), Amy Van Der Vyver (Sellafield)
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Building a Collaborative Relationship between Contractor and Regulator at SRPPF
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Brittany Williamson (Spectra Tech), Michael Fendler (Sigma Science)
SPARC, an Effort to Reestablish a Horizontal Split Table Critical Facility for HALEU Experiments and Beyond
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL), Nicolas Martin (INL), Mark DeHart (INL), Catherine Percher (LLNL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), William Wieselquist (ORNL)
M441 Onsite Transport Dolly Implementation at the Y-12 National Security Complex
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Adam Walker (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex)
Modification and Resumption of the Static Experiment Critical Facility (STACY)
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Junichi Ishii (JAEA), Masakazu Seki (JAEA), Eiju Aizawa (JAEA), Masato Sumiya (JAEA), Tomoyuki Maekawa (JAEA), Yu Arakaki (JAEA), Kenta Hasegawa (JAEA), Shouhei Araki (JAEA), Kazuhiko Izawa (JAEA), Satoshi Gunji (JAEA)
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