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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NN Asks: What hurdles stand in the way of nuclear power’s global expansion?
Jake Jurewicz
Nuclear technology is mature. It provides firm power at scale with minimal externalities and has done so for decades. The core problem isn’t about the technology—it is how the plants are built. Nuclear construction has a well-documented history of cost and schedule overruns. Previous nuclear plants often spent more than twice what was first budgeted, making nuclear among the power technologies with the largest average cost overruns worldwide.
Recent projects illustrate how severe the problem can be. In South Carolina, the V.C. Summer nuclear expansion saw projected costs rise from roughly $10 billion to more than $25 billion before the project was abandoned in 2017, by which time more than $9 billion had already been spent and customers were stuck paying for a site they have yet to benefit from.
Keynotes Session
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|8:00–8:50AM EDT|Columbia 11/12
Session Chair:
Chul-Hwa Song (KAERI)
Dr. Yohei Sato studied is a senior scientist at Paul Scherrer Institute and a lecturer in ETH Zurich. He received MSc and PhD degree in Navar Architecture and Ocean Engineering at the University of Tokyo. He worked at Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. for three years, and at the Center for CFD Research in the National Maritime Research Institute for seven years. Since 2009, he has been working at Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. His major research field is Computational Fluid Dynamics, especially for free-surface flows and phase-change phenomena.
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Recent Progress in Boiling Flow Simulation Using Interface Tracking Method
Y. Sato (Paul Scherrer Institute)
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