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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|Lightning Talks
Friday, April 5, 2024|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Hallowell Nuclear Innovation Commons
Session Chair:
Erik Hisahara (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Aamer Bashir (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Investigating Molten Salt Corrosion: A ReaxFF Molecular Dynamics Study
1:35–1:45PM EDT
Daniel H. Flynn (Penn State), Hamdy Arkoub (Penn State)
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Implementation of Radiation in Cardinal Single Pebble Model for Low Flow Accident Scenarios
1:45–1:55PM EDT
Michael J. Seneca (Penn State), Haomin Yuan (ANL), Luiz C. Aldeia (Penn State), David Reger (Penn State), Tri Nguyen (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
Economic Analysis of a Fusion Fission Hybrid System
1:55–2:05PM EDT
Virginia Lilly (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Matthew Nyberg (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
X-ray-Triggered Dual-Response in Lanthanum-Doped LaPO4 Nanoparticles for Enhanced Radiotherapy
2:05–2:15PM EDT
Santiago Bermudez Naranjo (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Predicting Solution Color in Solvent Extraction Using Machine Learning and Non-Traditional Sensor Measurements
2:15–2:25PM EDT
Omobolade A. Odedoyin (Johns Hopkins Univ.), Edna Cardenas (INL), Luis Ocampo Giraldo (INL), Mitchell R. Greenhalgh (INL), Jay D. Hix (INL), Camas M. Walker (INL), James T. Johnson (INL), Katherine Wilsdon (INL)
Machine Learning Optimization for the Monte Carlo Particle Simulation of an NDA Technique
2:25–2:35PM EDT
Nelson H. Snow (Idaho State), Christopher Reynolds (GE Vernova Advanced Research)