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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC approves TerraPower construction permit
Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has approved TerraPower’s construction permit application for Kemmerer Unit 1, the company’s first deployment of Natrium, its flagship sodium fast reactor.
This approval is a significant milestone on three fronts. For TerraPower, it represents another step forward in demonstrating its technology. For the Department of Energy, it reflects progress (despite delays) for the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). For the NRC, it is the first approval granted to a commercial reactor in nearly a decade—and the first approval of a commercial non–light water reactor in more than 40 years.
Technical Session
Thursday, November 11, 2021|12:40–2:40PM EST
Session Chair:
Matt Degonish (Westinghouse)
Alternate Chair:
Robertas Alzbutas (Lithuanian Energy Institute, Kaunas University of Technology)
Session Organizer:
Session Producer:
Chase Blaeser
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Simplified Adding and Retrieving Nuclear Data To/From LIDAR Models
12:40–1:10PM EST
Steven Prescott (INL), Michael Ziccarelli (INL), Eric Allen (Environmental Intellect)
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Limit Surface Search Algorithm With Artificial Neural Network and Monte Carlo Dropout Uncertainty Quantification
1:10–1:40PM EST
Junyong Bae (Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology), Jong Woo Park (Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology), Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
Deep Transformer Network for Time Series Classification: The NPP Safety Case
1:40–2:10PM EST
Bing Zha (Ohio State Univ.), Alessandro Vanni (Texas A&M Univ.), Yassin Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.), Tunc Aldemir (Ohio State Univ.), Alper Yilmaz (Ohio State Univ.)
IAEA Safety Report on Multi-Unit Probabilistic Safety Assessment
2:10–2:40PM EST
Shahen Poghosyan (IAEA), Ovidiu Coman (IAEA), Dennis Henneke (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
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