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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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2025: The year in nuclear
As Nuclear News has done since 2022, we have compiled a review of the nuclear news that filled headlines and sparked conversations in the year just completed. Departing from the chronological format of years past, we open with the most impactful news of 2025: a survey of actions and orders of the Trump administration that are reshaping nuclear research, development, deployment, and commercialization. We then highlight some of the top news in nuclear restarts, new reactor testing programs, the fuel supply chain and broader fuel cycle, and more.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Brighton III/IV
Session Chair:
John C. Hannah (GNF)
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A Comparison of Random Sampling and Genetic Optimization in a Multi-Reactor Shared Fuel Pool Power Plant
Ben Lilley (Oregon State), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)
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Fuel Loading Pattern Optimization of Allegro Fast Reactor Using Genetic Algorithms
Yrobel Lima-Reinaldo (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México), Juan-Luis François (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México)
Evaluation of Fuel Assemblies for Plutonium Multi-Recycling in Pressurised Water Reactors with MOX Enriched Uranium Support Fuel
P. Servell (EDF), E. Girardi (EDF), G. Martin (CEA)
Intra-Optimisation Objective Expansion Applied to Nuclear Fuel Design and Investigation of its Effects on Search Space Coverage
D.J. Brennan (Univ. Cambridge), G.T. Parks (Univ. Cambridge)
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