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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Panelists discuss U.S. path to criticality in ANS webinar
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a panel discussion featuring prominent figures from the nuclear sector who discussed the industry’s ongoing push for criticality.
Yasir Arafat, chief technical officer of Aalo Atomics; Jordan Bramble, CEO of Antares Nuclear; and Rita Baranwal, chief nuclear officer of Radiant Industries, participated in the discussion and covered their recent progress in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program. Nader Satvat, director of nuclear systems design at Kairos Power, gave an update on the company’s ongoing demonstration projects taking place outside of the landscape of DOE authorization.
Technical Session|Power Reactor Operations, Safety, and Reliability
Saturday, April 5, 2025|3:15–4:35PM MDT|Valle Grande 2
Session Chair:
Kevin Donnelly
Alternate Chair:
Annika Tedstrom
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Testing Coupling of the TRANSFORM Library to Julia
3:15–3:35PM MDT
Bailey Emerson-Betti (Univ. New Mexico), Scott Greenwood (ORNL), Vineet Kumar (ORNL)
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Qualification of SIMULATE-5K for Stability Analysis of BWRs
3:35–3:55PM MDT
Giovanni Ronchi (ETH Zurich), Abdelhamid Dokhane (Axpo)
McSLAP Coupling to SIMULATE5 and PRESTO-2 for the Calculation of Dryout Safety Limits
3:55–4:15PM MDT
Pierluigi Tagliabue (Axpo), Giorgio Malavasi (Axpo)
Design of a Calandria-style Heavy Water Microreactor
4:15–4:35PM MDT
Max Goddard (Georgia Tech), Calvin D. Washburn (Georgia Tech), Connor Kelly (Georgia Tech)
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