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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Fuel loading process begins at Palisades
The Palisades nuclear power plant has drawn closer to restart, as plant staff began the process of loading fuel into the reactor vessel on Sunday morning.
The commencement of fuel loading places the Covert, Mich., facility in Mode 6—or the refueling stage—under the plant’s technical specifications, plant owner and operator Holtec International said in a news release. The Palisades reactor core consists of 204 fuel assemblies that include new fuel and partially used fuel from the plant’s most recent operating cycles. According to Holtec, the fuel loading is being conducted in accordance with plant procedures and technical specifications.
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
