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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC looks to leverage previous approvals for large LWRs
During this time of resurging interest in nuclear power, many conversations have centered on one fundamental problem: Electricity is needed now, but nuclear projects (in recent decades) have taken many years to get permitted and built.
In the past few years, a bevy of new strategies have been pursued to fix this problem. Workforce programs that seek to laterally transition skilled people from other industries, plans to reuse the transmission infrastructure at shuttered coal sites, efforts to restart plants like Palisades or Duane Arnold, new reactor designs that build on the legacy of research done in the early days of atomic power—all of these plans share a common throughline: leveraging work already done instead of starting over from square one to get new plants designed and built.
Plenary Session
Saturday, April 10, 2021|9:45–10:50AM EDT
Session Chair:
Ishita Trivedi (NC State Univ.)
Session Producers:
Edward Chen (NC State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
You are invited to an exciting plenary sessions at the annual Virtual ANS Student Conference 2021 (April 10, 2021) as we EMBRACE nuclear science and technology. Join us to hear more about the application of nuclear technology in space, propulsion, defense, and radioisotope production.
Plenary Speakers:
Julie EzoldRadioisotope Production and Operations Section HeadOak Ridge National Laboratory
Avneet SoodSenior Scientist,Los Alamos National Laboratory
William E. RussellChief Scientist,BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.
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