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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DOE secretary and New York congressman call for reopening of Indian Point
Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright joined U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler (R., N.Y.) at the site of the closed Indian Point nuclear power plant on Friday, March 6, as Lawler called for the reopening of the facility. He emphasized that the shutdown of the plant in 2021 has led to higher electricity costs for the people of New York state and increased strain on the state’s electric grid.
Technical Session|Lightning Talk
Saturday, April 18, 2026|1:15–2:15PM CDT|RUDR 401
Session Chair:
William F. Sanders (Texas A&M University)
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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Monomer and Crosslinker Effects on Photopolymerized Organic Plastic Scintillators
1:15–1:25PM CDT
Margo Cicero (United States Naval Academy), Joseph Latta (United States Naval Academy), Peter Joyce (U.S. Naval Academy), Megan Beromi (United States Naval Academy)
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Mechanical Improvements to the Florida-Livermore Attenuation and Scattering Experiment (FLASE)
1:25–1:35PM CDT
Neena K. Schramm (University of Florida), Emily Gunger (University of Florida), Andreas Enqvist (University of Florida), Steven Dazeley (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Studying Mixed Convection Heat Transfer in a Helical Cruciform 7-Rod Bundle for Molten Salt Reactor Applications
1:35–1:45PM CDT
Jacob Cox (Kansas State University), Felix Sandoval Garcia (Kansas State University), Hossam H. Abdellatif (Kansas State University), Anna Iskhakova (Kansas State University), Arsen Iskhakov (Kansas State University)
Floating Supercritical Water Reactor Desalination Barge
1:45–1:55PM CDT
Kendal Chunn (Georgia Tech)
Reconstruction Performance of Muon Scattering Tomography in Spherical Detector Geometries
1:55–2:05PM CDT
Christopher R. Beck (Missouri University of Science and Technology), Tayfun Akyurek (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
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