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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Rolls-Royce-CEZ SMR project at Temelín moves forward
A newly signed contract between U.K.-based Rolls-Royce SMR and the ČEZ Group in the Czech Republic will allow for design work to begin on the planned small modular reactors at the Temelín nuclear power plant site in the Czech Republic. The companies, which hope to deploy as much as 3 gigawatts of new nuclear capacity in the country, signed an early works contract that will see them begin preparing for consents, permitting, and licensing and continuing preliminary infrastructure activities as they develop a site application for the SMRs.
Technical Session|Technology Research and Development
Wednesday, April 29, 2026|2:00–3:20PM EDT|Room 302/303/304
Session Chair:
Daniel Kelly
Alternate Chair:
Ramy Mesalam
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Americium-Fuelled Radioisotope Stirling Generator Elegant Breadboard
2:00–2:20PM EDT
Kris Bell (Univ. Leicester), Ernestina Wozniak (NASA Glenn Research Center), Rob Tute (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Salvatore Oriti (NASA Glenn Research Center), Matthew Stang (NASA Glenn Research Center), Tony Crawford (Univ. Leicester), Hannah Sargeant (Univ. Leicester), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), Richard Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester), Jo Lucas (Univ. Leicester)
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Americium-Fuelled Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Developments
2:20–2:40PM EDT
Robert Tute (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Kris Bell (Univ. Leicester), Tony Crawford (Univ. Leicester), Chris Bicknell (Univ. Leicester), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), Hannah Sargeant (Univ. Leicester), Richard Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester)
Americium-Fuelled Radioisotope Heater Unit Develpoments
2:40–3:00PM EDT
Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Robert Tute (Univ. Leicester), Kris Bell (Univ. Leicester), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Tony Crawford (Univ. Leicester), Hannah Sargeant (Univ. Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), Richard Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester), Jo Lucas (Univ. Leicester)
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