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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|Testing, Evaluation, and Production Supply Chain
Thursday, April 30, 2026|1:00–2:00PM EDT|Room 305
Session Chair:
A.C. Charania (Zeno Power)
Alternate Chair:
Timothy Frazier
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Controlling the Bonding and Redox Behavior of Pa, Np, and Pu in Processing
1:00–1:06PM EDT
Kaitlyn S. Engle (ORNL), Briana R. Schrage (ORNL), Frankie D. White (ORNL)
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Multiple Cycle Irradiation of Pu-238 Production Targets in the Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory
1:06–1:12PM EDT
Jill R. Mitchell (INL)
NiMo Overlays for Improved Operational Resilience in Molten Salt Reactors
1:12–1:18PM EDT
T.D. Hall (Faraday Technology Inc.), S. O'Connell (Faraday Technology Inc.), R. Pillai (ORNL), H. Garich (Faraday Technology Inc.), M. Inman (Faraday Technology Inc.), S. Cambier` (ORNL), T. Gosling (Gosco Valves), C. Beamer (Quintus Technologies)
Electrodeposition of Refractory Metals in Molten Salts: Process Parameters, and Coating Characterization
1:18–1:24PM EDT
Olivia R. Dale (LANL), Nathaniel Rood (LANL), Marisa Monreal (LANL), Jarom Chamberlain (LANL), Adrien Terricabras (LANL)
Production of Refractory Metal Coatings on Carbon Substrates Through Metalliding in Molten Fluoride Salts
1:24–1:30PM EDT
Nathaniel Rood (LANL), Olivia Dale (LANL), Adrien Terricabras (LANL), Marisa Monreal (LANL), Jarom Chamberlain (LANL)
Updates on Molten Salt Coating Capabilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory
1:30–1:36PM EDT
Jarom Chamberlain (LANL), Olivia Dale (LANL), Nathaniel Rood (LANL), Adrien Terricabras (LANL), Marisa Monreal (LANL)
Update on the Development of an Americium-Based Oxide Fuel Form for European Radioisotope Power Systems
1:36–1:42PM EDT
Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester), Richard M. Ambrosi (Univ. Leicester), Alessandra Barco (Univ. Leicester), Emily Jane Watkinson (Univ. Leicester), Hannah Sargeant (Univ. Leicester), Joanna Lucas (Univ. Leicester), Tony Crawford (Univ. Leicester), Rob Tute (Univ. Leicester), Kris Bell (Univ. Leicester), Gareth Bustin (Univ. Leicester), James Pearson (Univ. Leicester), Charlotte Bouldin (Univ. Leicester), Piers Slater (Perpetual Atomics), Pierre Coquay (ESA), Christophe Fongarland (ESA), Ana Brandao (ESA), Joe Lapinskas (QSA Global Inc.), Mark Shilton (QSA Global Inc.), Nathan Gardella (QSA Global Inc.), Matt Potenza (QSA Global Inc.)
Operational Tritium Loading Facility for Space Power and Heater Devices
1:42–1:48PM EDT
Krystine Pimentel (City Labs), Peter Cabauy (City Labs), Mark Stone (City Labs)
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