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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Highlights from first panel of the 2026 ANS Annual Conference
Yesterday, the American Nuclear Society’s Annual Conference got off to an exciting start with an opening plenary that in its first half featured extensive commentary from ANS CEO Craig Piercy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Ho Nieh, the Department of Energy’s Michael Goff, and several others key leaders in the U.S. nuclear industry.
Technical Session|Panel
Wednesday, May 10, 2023|1:30–3:10PM MDT|Twin Falls Room
Session Chair:
Kurt Polzin
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chairs:
Sebastian C. Corbisiero
Vedant K. Mehta
This panel will discuss fission space reactor development needs with respect to computational modeling tools, technology and infrastructure, then review ongoing activities to address these needs for the NTP and FSP projects at both the NASA and National Labs, as well the review capabilities of the national lab infrastructure.
Jonathan Witter
BWX Technologies
Jess Gehin
Associate Lab Director, Nuclear Science and Technology, Idaho National Laboratory
Lee Mason
NASA
Holly Trellue
LANL
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