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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Five companies, five bases: The Army’s Janus Program takes shape
Between the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses and Nuclear Energy Launch Pad programs, August has already been a busy month for federal partnerships with the nuclear industry.
That trend continues: On Wednesday, the Department of the Army announced that it has selected five nuclear reactor developers—Antares Nuclear, BWXT Advanced Technologies, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, Radiant Industries, and Westinghouse Government Services—each paired with a different military installation, for its Janus Program.
This week, the nuclear community descended on Dallas, Texas, for the second annual Nuclear Energy Conference and Expo, the premier industry-focused nuclear conference cohosted by the American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute. Among the plenary panelists was Jeff Waksman, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy, and environment. Waksman has been closely involved in the development of the Janus Program, and the morning before the program’s new selections were unveiled, he provided insights on its ultimate goals at NECX 2026.
Technical Session|Testing, Evaluation, and Production Supply Chain
Tuesday, April 28, 2026|1:00–2:00PM EDT|Room 305
Session Chair:
Joe Hough
Alternate Chair:
Kenton Sherick
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Multichannel Ultraviolet–Visible Absorption Spectroscopy for Radiochemical Process Monitoring
1:00–1:06PM EDT
Luke R. Sadergaski (ORNL), Cannon J. Giglio (ORNL), Colin Patricelli (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sara E. Gilson (ORNL), Sawyer B. Irvine, Kristian G. Myhre (ORNL)
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Temperature Dependent Nuclear Data Validation for Systems at Low Temperatures
1:06–1:12PM EDT
Eric Aboud (LLNL), Jesse Norris (LLNL), Jacob Glesmann (LLNL), Catherine Percher (LLNL)
Hyperspectral Imaging for Chromatographic Separations
1:12–1:18PM EDT
Cannon Giglio (ORNL), Kristian Myhre (ORNL), Sawyer Irvine (ORNL), Shams Al Azzawi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Multimodal Predictive Tracking of Nd(III) Through Ion Exchange Chromatography Column Separations
1:18–1:24PM EDT
Sawyer Irvine (ORNL), Luke Sadergaski (ORNL), Cannon Giglio (ORNL), Tom Hylton (ORNL), Kristian Myhre (ORNL)
Development of a Multivariate Analysis Code for Mediated Electrochemical Oxidization Degradation Product Characterization
1:24–1:30PM EDT
Ethan Villarreal (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Joshua Leach (ORNL), Briana Schrage (ORNL), Kristian Myhre (ORNL), Jisue Braatz (ORNL)
Experiments of a Radial Turbine Design for Use with the Buckeye BUBLERR
1:30–1:36PM EDT
Liam Foss (Ohio State), Spencer Christian (Ohio State)
Estimation of the Radiation Environment in Lunar Polar Regions Using Monte Carlo Methods
1:36–1:42PM EDT
Hiroki Iwamoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Additive Manufacturing of Complex Fuel Geometries for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
1:42–1:48PM EDT
Nathaniel Cavanaugh (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Jie Lian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)