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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Getting back to yes: A local perspective on decommissioning, restart, and responsibility
For 45 years, Duane Arnold Energy Center operated in Linn County, Ia., near the town of Palo and just northwest of Cedar Rapids. The facility, owned by NextEra Energy, was the only nuclear power plant in the state.
In August 2020, a historic derecho swept across eastern Iowa with winds approaching 140 miles per hour. Damage to the plant’s cooling towers accelerated a shutdown that had already been planned, and the facility entered decommissioning soon after, with its fuel removed in October of that year. Iowa’s only nuclear plant had gone off line.
Today the national energy landscape looks very different than it did just six short years ago. Electricity demand is rising rapidly as data centers, artificial intelligence infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and electrification expand across the country. Reliable, carbon-free baseload power has become increasingly valuable. In that context, Linn County has approved the rezoning necessary to support the recommissioning and restart of Duane Arnold and is actively supporting NextEra’s efforts to secure the remaining state and federal approvals.
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300C|Session Chair: Carol Smidts
Monday, July 17, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT
300A|Session Chair: Nathan Siu
Monday, July 17, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT
300B|Session Chair: Man Cheol Kim
300C|Session Chair: Curtis L. Smith
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT
300C|Session Chair: Alexander J. Huning
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT
300B|Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang
300C|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT|Session Chair: Sai Zhang
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT
300A|Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang
300C|Session Chair: Mehdi Reisi Fard
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT
300C|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT|Session Chair: Xingang Zhao
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT
300C|Session Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Thursday, July 20, 2023|8:00–9:30AM EDT
300A|Session Chair: Mohamed Hibti
Thursday, July 20, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT
300C|Session Chair: Vincent Paglioni
300A|Sponsored by PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT|Session Chair: Katrina Groth
300C|Sponsored by Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT|Session Chair: Sai Zhang
Panel|300D|Sponsored by PSA Panels|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT|Session Chair: Vaibhav Yadav
300C|Sponsored by Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT|Session Chair: Xingang Zhao
300A|Session Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
300B|Session Chair: Dave Grabaskas
300A|Session Chair: Askin Guler Yigitoglu
300B|Session Chair: Sai Zhang
300A|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT|Session Chair: Katrina Groth
300B|Session Chair: Andrea Maioli
300B|Session Chair: Alexander J. Huning
300A|Session Chair: Valentin Rychkov
300B|Session Chair: Mihai A. Diaconeasa
300A|Session Chair: Michelle Bensi
300B|Session Chair: Seung Jun Lee
Panel|300D|Session Chair: Amanda Spalding
Panel|300D|Session Chairs: Askin Guler Yigitoglu, Katrina Groth
Panel|300D|Session Chair: Eric A. Thornsbury
Panel|300D|Session Chair: Michelle Bensi
Panel|300D|Session Chair: Cory Ball
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT
Panel|300D|Session Chair: Svetlana (Lana) Lawrence
Panel|300D|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT|Session Chair: Vaibhav Yadav
Panel|300D|Session Chair: Fan Zhang
300C|Session Chairs: Xingang Zhao, Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Panel|300C|Session Chair: Katrina M. Groth
300A|Session Chair: David S. Grabaskas
