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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
Saturday, April 10, 2021|11:00AM–12:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Lakshitha Kaleyanda (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Edward Chen (NCSU)
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Session Producers:
Alp Tezbasaran (NCSU)
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Review of Nuclear Rocket Instrumentation
Bailey T. Bertrand (University of Tennessee Department of Nuclear Engineering), David M. Sikorski (University of Tennessee Department of Nuclear Engineering), Dan Floyd (University of Tennessee Department of Nuclear Engineering)
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Space Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Design
Arthur E. Chadwick (Virginia Commonwealth University), Meryem Murphy (Virginia Commonwealth University), Gustavo Monge (Virginia Commonwealth University), Ryan Blackwell (Virginia Commonwealth University), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Fast Fission Reactor for Lunar Habitation and Work
Jack DiLoreto (University of Michigan), James K. Pelkey (University of Michigan), Keegan D. Pombier (University of Michigan), Jeremy Eshbaugh (University of Michigan), Dale B. Lancaster (University of Michigan)
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