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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|Isotope Production
Saturday, April 5, 2025|9:00–10:20AM MDT|Valle Grande 2
Session Chair:
Mark L. Wetzel
Alternate Chair:
Benjamin Murphy (Univ. New Mexico)
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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High-Power Target Design Optimization for Ac-225 Production
9:00–9:20AM MDT
Shereen Aissi (Univ. California, Berkeley), Isabella S. Bredwell (Univ. California, Berkeley), Damanpreet Bhattal (Univ. California, Berkeley), Darren Bleuel (LLNL), Dajie Sun (LBNL), Abby Lee (Univ. California, Berkeley), Rebecca Hebert (Univ. California, Berkeley), Andrew S. Voyles (LBNL), Lee A. Bernstein (Univ. California, Berkeley)
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Analysis of Improved 232U Production Through the use of Cyclical Irradiation.
9:20–9:40AM MDT
Michael H. Divittorio (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Darby Walker (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Melis Y. Sakarya (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Identification of U and Th Surrogates and Their Chemical Characteristics for Chromatographic Separation
9:40–10:00AM MDT
Shams Al Azzawi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Mahmoud Khatab (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Tritium and Isotope Thermally Activated Network (TITAN) Reactor
10:00–10:20AM MDT
Eric A. Franklin (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Gavin R. Baird (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
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