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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Going Nuclear: Notes from the officially unofficial book tour
I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
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10:30AM–12:10PM MDT
Panel|Twin Falls Room
Session Chair: Todd Tofil|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
Boise Room
Session Chair: Kelsa B. Palomares|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Idaho Falls Room
Session Chair: Harold Gerrish|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
1:30–3:10PM MDT
Session Chair: Sebastian C. Corbisiero|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Session Chair: Michael C. Miller|Alternate Chair: Sebastian C. Corbisiero
Session Chair: Kurt Polzin
3:45–5:25PM MDT
Session Chair: Christofer E. Whiting|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck|Alternate Chair: Katey E. Lenox
Twin Falls Room
Session Chair: Michael G. Houts|Alternate Chair: Kurt Polzin
Session Chair: Justin Coleman|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: Jean-Pierre Fleurial|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Andrew L. Presby|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Pattrick Calderoni|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Session Chair: Chadwick D. Barklay|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Michael G. Houts|Alternate Chairs: Kurt Polzin, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Katey E. Lenox|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Jean-Pierre Fleurial|Alternate Chairs: Austen D. Fradeneck, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: Aditya Shivprasad|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Session Chair: David I. Poston|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Robert C. O'Brien|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: Ethan Chaleff|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Kurt Polzin|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
Session Chair: Thierry Caillat|Alternate Chair: Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Chair: Lee S. Mason|Alternate Chair: Vedant Mehta
Session Chair: Robert C. O'Brien|Alternate Chair: Michael G. Houts
Session Chair: Youssef A. Ballout|Alternate Chairs: Sebastian C. Corbisiero, Vedant K. Mehta
