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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|Fusion Energy & Plasma Physics
Saturday, April 18, 2026|1:15–2:15PM CDT|RUDR 501
Session Chair:
Zach Lassater
Alternate Chair:
Axel Batres (Texas A&M University)
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Design and Testing of a Terrella Non-Neutral Plasma Trap
1:15–1:35PM CDT
Jackson C. Stahl (Georgia Tech Fusion Engineering), Calvin D. Washburn, RECORD C. RECORD
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Open-Source Discrete Ordinates (SN) Code OpenSn for Fusion Design
1:35–1:55PM CDT
Anthony Kitamura (American Nuclear Society)
Stress-Fluence Analysis of Helium-Irradiated Tungsten-Titanium Carbide Alloys
1:55–2:15PM CDT
Kourosh S. Sadr (The Pennsylvania State University), Thomas J. Rohan (The Pennsylvania State University), Chase C. Hargrove (Pennsylvania State University), Joshua N. Platt (The Pennsylvania State University), Martin Nieto-Perez (Pennsylvania State University)
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