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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC looks to leverage previous approvals for large LWRs
During this time of resurging interest in nuclear power, many conversations have centered on one fundamental problem: Electricity is needed now, but nuclear projects (in recent decades) have taken many years to get permitted and built.
In the past few years, a bevy of new strategies have been pursued to fix this problem. Workforce programs that seek to laterally transition skilled people from other industries, plans to reuse the transmission infrastructure at shuttered coal sites, efforts to restart plants like Palisades or Duane Arnold, new reactor designs that build on the legacy of research done in the early days of atomic power—all of these plans share a common throughline: leveraging work already done instead of starting over from square one to get new plants designed and built.
Friday, August 25, 2023|7:30AM–1:30PM EDT
Cost $45. Bus leaves from T Street exit, accessible from the Terrace Level.
SOLD OUT
Visitors will tour the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Emergency Operation Center and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Center for Neutron Research. At the NRC Operations Center in Rockville, Maryland visitors will get to experience the inner workings of the NRC Operations Center, which serves as the coordination point for communicating with NRC licensees, State entities, and other Federal agencies about operating events in both the nuclear reactor and nuclear materials industries.
Entry to all NRC facilities requires screening of individuals and their belongings as well as valid photo ID (i.e., driver’s license or passport). Please note that masks are optional. Participants are not permitted to bring any large items (e.g., suitcases, luggage) or any electronic devices into the NRC Operations Center, and photography is strictly prohibited. We recommend that attendees bring only what they need to expedite entry. NRC staff will escort visitors for the duration of the tour.
The NIST Center for Neutron Research is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Its activities focus on providing neutron measurement capabilities to the U.S. research community. It is a national center for research using thermal and cold neutrons, offering its instrumentation for use by all qualified applicants. Many of its instruments rely on intense beams of cold neutrons emanating from an advanced liquid hydrogen moderator.
For entry to NIST US Citizens must fill out a visitor registration form 3 business days in advance, non-US citizens 35 calendar days in advance. US citizens must bring a drivers license or passport and non-US citizens must bring a passport and visa.
