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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Argonne Summer Institute Next-Generation Training in Nuclear Packaging
Argonne National Laboratory, located in Lemont, Ill., outside of Chicago, continues to develop a U.S. Department of Energy Packaging University Summer Institute by leveraging the laboratory’s educational resources and workforce development opportunities that support STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). The institute will be open to both professionals in the nuclear packaging field and highly qualified graduate university students who are recommended by their advisors.
Technical Session
Saturday, April 10, 2021|4:30–5:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Arsen Iskhakov (NC State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Edward Chen (NC State Univ.)
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Session Producers:
Jake Mitstifer (Univ. of Ill., Urbana-Champaign)
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A Transportation Cask to Ship Used Microreactor Fuel
Steven Chen (University of Michigan), Sumit K. Basak (University of Michigan), Christopher E. O'Neil (University of Michigan), Dale B. Lancaster (University of Michigan), Everett L. Redmond (Nuclear Energy Institute)
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Microreactor for Military Deployment: Design and Simulation
Elizabeth Farnan (United States Naval Academy), Jennifer Iniguez (United States Naval Academy), James Scowcroft (United States Naval Academy), Jean-Paul Anyansi (United States Naval Academy)
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