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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Five companies, five bases: The Army’s Janus Program takes shape
Between the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses and Nuclear Energy Launch Pad programs, August has already been a busy month for federal partnerships with the nuclear industry.
That trend continues: On Wednesday, the Department of the Army announced that it has selected five nuclear reactor developers—Antares Nuclear, BWXT Advanced Technologies, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, Radiant Industries, and Westinghouse Government Services—each paired with a different military installation, for its Janus Program.
This week, the nuclear community descended on Dallas, Texas, for the second annual Nuclear Energy Conference and Expo, the premier industry-focused nuclear conference cohosted by the American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute. Among the plenary panelists was Jeff Waksman, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy, and environment. Waksman has been closely involved in the development of the Janus Program, and the morning before the program’s new selections were unveiled, he provided insights on its ultimate goals at NECX 2026.
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)
