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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC proposed rule for licensing reactors authorized by DOE, DOD
Nuclear reactor designs approved by the Department of Energy or Department of Defense could get streamlined pathways through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s commercial licensing process should applicants wish to push the technology into the civilian sector.
A proposed rule introduced April 2 by the NRC would “improve NRC licensing review efficiency, where applicable, by explicitly establishing by regulation an additional means for reactor applicants to demonstrate the safety functions of their reactor designs, and thus, would contribute to the safe and secure use and deployment of civilian nuclear energy technologies.”
Technical Session|Technology Research and Development
Thursday, April 30, 2026|8:00–9:20AM EDT|Room 302/303/304
Session Chair:
June F. Zakrajsek (The Aerospace Corporation)
Alternate Chair:
Tyler Steiner (NASA GRC)
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Irradiation Testing Dynamic Power System Convertor Organics
8:00–8:20AM EDT
Tyler R. Steiner (NASA Glenn Research Center), Luke R. Hansen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Greeta J. Thaikattil (NASA Glenn Research Center)
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Results of Phase-II STTR, Nuclear Fuel Testing in the MIT Reactor Facility
8:20–8:40AM EDT
Roger X. Lenard (Little Prairie Services), Koroush Shrivan (MIT), David Carpenter (MIT), Nesrin Cetiner (MIT)
Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Helium-Induced Damage in Alloy 800H
8:40–9:00AM EDT
T.P. Kaloni (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), I. Cheik Njifon (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), E. Torres (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory)
A Hybrid Binder Jet and Spark Plasma Sintering Approach to Manufacture Graded Lattice Fuel Elements for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Ian Harris (Ohio State), John Horack (Ohio State)
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