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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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From SPARC to ARC: CFS prepares for a first-of-a-kind fusion plant
Commonwealth Fusion Systems makes no small plans. The company wants to build a 400-MWe magnetic confinement fusion power plant called ARC near Richmond, Va., and begin operating it in the early 2030s. And the plans don’t end there. CFS wants to deploy “thousands” of fusion power plants capable of accelerating a global energy transition.
Technical Session
Wednesday, May 10, 2023|10:30AM–12:10PM MDT|Boise Room
Session Chair:
Aditya Shivprasad
Alternate Chair:
Vedant Mehta
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Effective Hydride Moderator Thermal Management in the Pylon Space Reactor
10:30–10:50AM MDT
Wesley Deason (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Ethan Chaleff (Ultra Safe Nuclear)
Presented by Vishal Patel (Ultra Safe Nuclear)
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Radiator Production for Pylon Fission Surface Power System on the Moon
10:50–11:10AM MDT
Diana Nikitaeva (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
Thermomechanical Limitations of Uranium Mononitride
11:10–11:30AM MDT
Zachary Miller (LANL), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley), Vedant Mehta (LANL)
Assessment of Coated Particle Fuels for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Systems
11:30–11:50AM MDT
Kelsa Palomares (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), James Werner (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.)
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