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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Japan’s TEPCO resumes operations; Monday earthquake triggers response
Commercial operations have resumed at Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture, Tokyo Electric Power Company has announced.
Last week’s commercial restart of Unit 6, a 1,315-MWe boiling water reactor, is the first for a TEPCO nuclear facility since the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami triggered an accident at the utility’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Technical Session|Economics
Thursday, October 10, 2024|8:00–9:45AM MDT|Room 1
Session Chair:
Nicolas E. Stauff
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Nuclear Power Technology: An Opinion on Energy Policy and Cost
8:00–8:20AM MDT
Romney B. Duffey (Self-employed), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Francesco D'Auria (Univ. Pisa), Enrico Zio (Politecnico di Milano)
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Updating Nuclear Energy Cost Estimates for Net Zero World Initiative
8:20–8:40AM MDT
Nahuel Guaita (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Levi M. Larsen (INL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL)
Evaluating Superficial Connections Between Reactor Design Choices and Cost Outcomes in Reactor Design Research
8:40–9:00AM MDT
Rowan Marchie (Univ. Michigan), Sydney Sielaff (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)
Parametric and Nonparametric Models of U.S. Cost Overruns for Nuclear Power Plants
9:00–9:20AM MDT
Nahuel Guaita (INL), Ryan Spangler (INL), Jason Hansen (INL)
Identifying Nuclear Cost Targets for Competitive Maritime Decarbonization
9:20–9:40AM MDT
Levi M. Larsen (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaude (INL), Sanjay Mukhi (INL), Meg Dowling (American Bureau of Shipping)
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