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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Aalo Atomics discusses the road ahead
Yasir Arafat, president and chief technology officer of Aalo Atomics, participated in the first day of sessions at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s annual Regulatory Information Conference (RIC). There, he recapped some of the company’s recent milestones and revealed new details on what lies ahead for Aalo.
His attendance at the event coincided with a number of announcements in the past two weeks. Those announcements covered new contracts with Global Nuclear Fuel and Baker Hughes, the release of a new strategic roadmap, the completion of fuel enrichment by Urenco USA, and a new approval from the Department of Energy.
Technical Session|Fuel Cycles, Waste Management, and Decommissioning
Friday, April 4, 2025|1:10–2:30PM MDT|Acoma AB
Session Chair:
Annika Tedstrom
Alternate Chair:
Kevin Donnelly
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Streamlined Analysis of Neutron Emission from Pebble Fuels
1:10–1:30PM MDT
Holden Walker (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Multi-Purpose Canister Cell Identification and Indication System
1:30–1:50PM MDT
James Dubay (Constellation Energy), Ryan Pullara (Constellation Energy), James Peretz (Constellation Energy), Max Berkowitz (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Salvador Chavarria (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Ari Ebdon (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Mercedes Gregerson (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Caton Huynh (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Beck Krebs (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Sujit Lakshmikanth (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Benjamin Lee (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Zoe Smith (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Robert Stanley (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Charles Renz (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), David P. Wen (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Y Z (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Design and Fabrication of Jet Pump Pair for Used Nuclear Fuel
1:50–2:10PM MDT
Jeremy I. Lopez (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Theodore M. Chu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Tritium Waste Management and Disposal Techniques in the Tritium Systems Test Assembly (TSTA) Program
2:10–2:30PM MDT
Vicky Lizardi-Lobb (LANL), Claire Bullock (LANL), Victoria Hypes-Mayfield (LANL), Joseph H. Dumont (LANL)
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