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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC proposed rule for licensing reactors authorized by DOE, DOD
Nuclear reactor designs approved by the Department of Energy or Department of Defense could get streamlined pathways through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s commercial licensing process should applicants wish to push the technology into the civilian sector.
A proposed rule introduced April 2 by the NRC would “improve NRC licensing review efficiency, where applicable, by explicitly establishing by regulation an additional means for reactor applicants to demonstrate the safety functions of their reactor designs, and thus, would contribute to the safe and secure use and deployment of civilian nuclear energy technologies.”
Technical Session|Reactor Physics
Saturday, April 6, 2024|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Hosler Room 026
Session Chair:
Katheren R. Bosson Nantes (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Caroline Ishak (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Preliminary Multiphysics Modeling of the SNAP 8 Experimental Reactor Wet Experiments
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Isaac E. Naupa Aguirre (Georgia Tech), Samuel Garcia (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
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BANR-R: High Temperature Gas-Cooled Microreactor for Research Applications
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Kathryn Livoti (NCSU), Parsa Banki (NCSU), Hakeem Bennett (South Carolina State), Maxim Khvostov (NCSU)
Energetic Godiva-IV Radiation Experiment Testbed (EGRET)
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Eli J. Boland (Missouri S&T), Edward S. Lum (LANL), Daniel T. Olive (LANL), Ari Foley (LANL)
Toward Optimization of Horizontal Compact High-Temperature Gas Reactor Core Loading Pattern
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Geneve C. Magnan (Univ. Michigan), Sam H. Schiavo (Univ. Michigan), Isabella E. Wood (Univ. Michigan)
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