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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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ANS Fireside Chat introduces new leaders for ANS, UCOR
On Tuesday, during Mark Peters’s last days as the American Nuclear Society’s vice president/president-elect before assuming the presidency on June 4, he sat down with ANS CEO Craig Piercy for a Fireside Chat at the Annual Conference.
The MITRE CEO weighed in on his career path, what excites and worries him about the resurgence of nuclear energy, and juggling work-life balance with his new duties as ANS’s 72nd president.
“It’s going to be a lot of fun. It’s an important year,” he told Piercy.
Technical Session|Lightning Talks
Friday, April 5, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Hallowell Nuclear Innovation Commons
Session Chair:
Jacob Maxeiner (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Thermal Diffusivity of Tungsten Ion Irradiated Tungsten-Tantalum Alloys as Measured by Transient Grating Spectroscopy
3:15–3:25PM EDT
Emilio Ahuactzin-Garcia (MIT), Michael P. Short (MIT), Angus Wylie (MIT), Emre Yildirim (Univ. Manchester)
Paper
Precipitation of Noble Metal Phase Particles: Testing a Hypothesis That Precipitation Rates, Combined with Production and Depletion Rates During the Fission Process, Result in Fractionation of Fission Product Isotopes Bound in the Particles
3:25–3:35PM EDT
Dan Williams (Penn State), Jon Schwantes (Penn State), Jilang Miao (Penn State)
Measurements of Thermal Conductivity of 3D Printed Resin Using a Simple Tabletop Setup
3:35–3:45PM EDT
Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Investigation Into a Simplified Method For Measuring Thermal Conductivity of UV Resin
3:45–3:55PM EDT
Ethan M. Villarreal (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Connor F. Donlan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Examination of the Messmer Plan and Comparison to the Development of United Sates Industry
3:55–4:05PM EDT
Tor S. Maldonado (Oregon State)
High-Throughput First-Principles Approach to Analyzing Radiation-Induced Defects in Al--Ga--N Materials
4:05–4:15PM EDT
Alexander S. Hauck (Penn State), Miaomiao Jin (Penn State), Blair R. Tuttle (Penn State Behrend)
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The Public's View of Nuclear Power and The Benefit for Ion Propulsion
4:15–4:25PM EDT
Ian R Mullins (Oregon State)
Main Control Room Redesign for Human-System Optimization
4:25–4:35PM EDT
Jake Mitstifer (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Riley J. Fisher (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Madeline M. Morasca (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)