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Conference Spotlight
2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Japan’s TEPCO resumes operations; Monday earthquake triggers response
Commercial operations have resumed at Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture, Tokyo Electric Power Company has announced.
Last week’s commercial restart of Unit 6, a 1,315-MWe boiling water reactor, is the first for a TEPCO nuclear facility since the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami triggered an accident at the utility’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
General Chair:
Steve Johnson (Idaho National Laboratory)
Deputy General Chairs:
Andrew Zillmer (Idaho National Laboratory)
Amanda Robertson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Publications/Technical Programs Chair:
Sebastian Corbisiero (Idaho National Laboratory)
Administrative:
Cassie Sandoval (Idaho National Laboratory)
Student Involvements:
Young Lee (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Nate Gilliam (Idaho National Laboratory)
Saroj Kumar (The University of Alabama in Huntsville)
Technical Programs:
Austen Fradeneck (Idaho National Laboratory)
Sabah Bux (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Mike Houts (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
Vedant Mehta (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Social Media Liaison:
Anna Lanzillotta (Idaho National Laboratory)
Committee Members:
Harmon Veselka (Idaho National Laboratory)
TJ Harrison (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
George Ulrich (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)
Alexei Klimenko (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Organizer:
R. Chris Robinson (Principal Technical Consultant, Y-12 National Security Complex | Pantex Plant)
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