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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|Criticality Safety
Friday, April 17, 2026|2:30–3:30PM CDT|RUDR 404
Session Chair:
Avery Meyer
Alternate Chair:
Zach Lassater
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TEX-HEU Input Generation and Benchmark Evaluation Toolkits
2:30–2:50PM CDT
Joseph M. Costa (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Eric Aboud (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Christopher Fitzgerald (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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Nuclear Data Libraries Sensitivity Studies for ORSA Using SCALE
2:50–3:10PM CDT
Evan Hong (North Carolina State University), Walid A. Metwally (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Cihangir Celik (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Alexander Lang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Alex Shaw (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Veronica V. Karriem (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Enhanced Criticality Safety for Fissionable Solutions
3:10–3:30PM CDT
Sean J. Smith (University of Tennessee), Christopher R. Clark (University of Tennessee), Elliott Hebert (University of Tennessee)
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