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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Fuel loading process begins at Palisades
The Palisades nuclear power plant has drawn closer to restart, as plant staff began the process of loading fuel into the reactor vessel on Sunday morning.
The commencement of fuel loading places the Covert, Mich., facility in Mode 6—or the refueling stage—under the plant’s technical specifications, plant owner and operator Holtec International said in a news release. The Palisades reactor core consists of 204 fuel assemblies that include new fuel and partially used fuel from the plant’s most recent operating cycles. According to Holtec, the fuel loading is being conducted in accordance with plant procedures and technical specifications.
Hotel information
Students must stay there to receive travel assistance from the conference organizers
1001 W Killarney StUrbana, IL 61801United States
Radisson Hotel & Conference Center Champaign-Urbana
Reserve your room now with the online code: ANSSCO
Or by calling +1 (217) 328-7900 and mentioning the code: 2204ANSSCO
Travel Assistance Program
The travel assistance program seeks to limit the cost for students attending the ANS Student Conference and provide support to those who might be deterred by their travel expenses. There is no guarantee that the Student Conference will be able to provide complete travel reimbursement. If you attend a school without an ANS chapter you can still apply for assistance. As with schools that have an ANS chapter, please compile all travel expenses for your school into one assistance form. If you are unsure if an expense item will be covered, consult the examples below and, if you are still unsure, feel free to contact our Hospitality Coordinator, Gavin Davis.
Travel Assistance Instructions
1. Applications will not open until after the conference, but we have a spreadsheet for you to keep track of expenses and receipts
2. Compile all eligible receipts
3. Scan all the documents into a SINGLE .pdf document
4. Structure the document so that no more than one person’s receipts are on a single page (Multiple pages for a single person are acceptable)
5. Email one Complete application to gavind2@illinois.edu by April 29th, 2022
Travel Assistance Stipulations
· To be eligible for assistance, all students must have stayed in the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center Champaign-Urbana
· Only one travel assistance check will be awarded per student section. Please compile all expenses in a travel assistance form, and submit according to the instructions above
· No amount is guaranteed in assistance, the final amount will be dependent on fundraising and the number of eligible applicants. We will do our best to help as many students as we can.
· Only student expenses will be covered in this program, please do not include non-student expenses in your application.
Examples of What May be Covered:
· Airline tickets
· Bus fees, including driver fees or individual fares
· Gasoline, providing proper receipts
Examples of What Will Not be Covered:
· Food
· Lodging
· Non-student travel expenses
· Rebooking or cancellation fees
· Registration fees
Local Transportation information: We will organize all transportation during the conference, but will not be organizing transportation for attendees to and from the conference. These are intended as options in the event that a group needs to organize transportation in/to Illinois.
Peoria Charter Bus
University of IllinoisWillard Airport
Midway International Airport
O'Hare International Airport
Amtrak Train
Last modified February 7, 2022, 12:35pm CST