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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Senate EPW subcommittee weighs in on three nuclear energy bills
Proposed nuclear energy legislation with bipartisan support earned the attention of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Wednesday morning.
Subject-matter experts and the chief sponsors of the legislation shared details on three items at a hearing Wednesday before the EPW Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety: the Build Nuclear with Local Materials Act—introduced just last week—and discussion drafts of the Revitalizing Energy Communities by Hosting Advanced Reactors and Generating Energy (RECHARGE) Act and Enrichment Licensing Modernization Act.
Technical Session|Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|10:00–11:40AM MDT|Coronado/DeVargas
Session Chair:
Lindsey Holmes
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Initial Verification of ntpThermo against Mixcoatl for Computationally Efficient Multiphysics Analysis of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactors
10:00–10:25AM MDT
Seth Nettersom (BWX Technologies), Drew Bergeon (BWX Technologies), Bryan Zilka (BWX Technologies), Matt Krecicki (BWX Technologies)
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Preliminary Full-Core Analysis of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactors Using Nodal Diffusion Codes
10:25–10:50AM MDT
Jake Smith (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
Preliminary Sensitivity Studies Using a Newly Developed System Code for NTP Analysis
10:50–11:15AM MDT
R. Myers (Georgia Tech), D. Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
Coupled Reactor and Engine Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Modeling Methodology
11:15–11:40AM MDT
Jacob Stonehill (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Daria Nikitaeva (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Corey Smith (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Matthew Duchek (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.)
