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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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CNL to manufacture test bundles of thorium-based fuel
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories has signed an agreement with Chicago-based Clean Core Thorium Energy to manufacture demonstration irradiation bundles of Clean Core’s ANEEL (Advanced Nuclear Energy for Enriched Life) fuel. The fuel is made with a combination of thorium and high-assay low-enriched uranium and is designed for use in pressurized heavy water reactors, such as Canada’s CANDU fleet.
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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