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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DOE, INL, Kairos talk nuclear energy at Senate committee hearing
It has been 10 months since President Trump signed several executive orders that have reshaped the nuclear energy industry and set lofty goals for initiatives like the development and deployment of new nuclear technology.
One such initiative, the DOE’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program, calls for at least 3 of the 11 reactors in the program to achieve criticality by July 4, 2026. Some have questioned whether this target is feasible.
Technical Session|Panel|Panel Sessions|Water-Cooled Reactor Operations and Accident Analysis
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Columbia 5-8
Session Chair:
Kallie E. Metzger
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Zeses E. Karoutas
An invited panel of industry experts will discuss how advances in the fields of modeling and simulation, irradiation testing, and advanced characterization create a wholistic understanding of fuel behavior and can expedite development of novel nuclear materials and methods.
Jorge Carvajal
Westinghouse
Chris Stanek
LANL
Nathan Capps
ORNL
Colby Jensen
INL
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