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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Studsvik announces partnership to deploy four BWRX-300s in Sweden
Swedish engineering services firm Studsvik and its partners have teamed up on a four-unit BWRX-300 new build project in southern Sweden. On Thursday, Studsvik entered into a joint development agreement with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy, GE Vernova Financial Services, DS Investment Partners, and Samsung C&T to advance the 1.2-GW ReFirm program, with the expectation the first unit will commence operations in the mid-2030s.
Technical Session|Fusion and Plasma Physics
Friday, April 4, 2025|10:30–11:50AM MDT|Mirage/Thunderbird
Session Chair:
Shane M. Evans
Alternate Chair:
Jared Justice
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Exploring uranium oxidation in glue vapor to help avoid catastrophic slivers on NIF targets
10:30–10:50AM MDT
Sophie Hilsabeck (Univ. California, Berkeley), Corie Horwood (LLNL)
Paper
Comparison of Capacitively Coupled Plasma and Surface Wave Plasma for the Functionalization of Graphene
10:50–11:10AM MDT
Mia K. Sawkiw (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
High-Flux High-Energy Neutron Irradiation of Fusion Materials
11:10–11:30AM MDT
Elan B. Park-Bernstein (LBNL), Roman Sobenes (LBNL)
Development of a Spectral Library for a Microwave Discharge using Zapdos
11:30–11:50AM MDT
Joshua C. Smith (NCSU), Liam King (NCSU), Noah Simon (NCSU), Steven Shannon (NCSU)