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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Supreme Court nixes Beyond Nuclear’s CISF challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition by antinuclear group Beyond Nuclear challenging the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing of Holtec International’s proposed consolidated interim storage facility (CISF) for spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico.
The denial of Beyond Nuclear’s writ of certiorari petition was part of a long list of orders released by the Supreme Court on Monday. The list also included a denial of Duke Energy’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling in an antimonopoly dispute.
Technical Session
Tuesday, September 16, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Grand Salon AB
Session Chair:
Natalie Cannon (Georgia Tech)
Alternate Chair:
Jesson D. Hutchinson
Session Organizer:
Rowdy Davis
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Spacing and Subcritical Separation Distance: Not as Simple as You Think
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Theresa Cutler (LANL), Kristin Stolte (LANL), Rene Sanchez (LANL), Peter Brain (LANL)
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Loading Curve Parameter Study Based on the OECD/NEA/NSC/WPNCS SG13 Study
1:20–1:40PM CDT
M. Frankl (Paul Scherrer Institute), A. Declerck (Paul Scherrer Institute), A. Vasiliev (Paul Scherrer Institute), H. Ferroukhi (Paul Scherrer Institute)
Global Sensitivity Analysis of a Frequency Domain Reactor Noise Methodology using Welch's Method for the KRUSTY Experiment
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Schuyler J. Tyler (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL), Flynn. B. Darby (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Shaun D. Clarke (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Sara A. Pozzi (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Investigation into Low Temperature Effects on Criticality of Highly Enriched Uranium Systems
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Rowan T. Johnson (LANL), Geordie E. McKenzie (LANL)
MUSiC: Application and Efficacy of Organic Scintillators for Leakage Multiplication Measurements of HEU Systems
2:20–2:30PM CDT
Arel D'Agostino (LANL), John Mattingly (NCSU), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Robert A. Weldon Jr. (LANL)
SCALE/KENO Validation Benchmark for Spent Fuel Pool Criticality Analyses
2:30–2:40PM CDT
David S. Orr (Duke Energy), Robert A. Hall (Duke Energy)
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