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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Holtec submits partial construction permit application for SMRs at Palisades
On New Year’s Eve, Holtec International submitted Part 1 of a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeking a limited work authorization (LWA) to begin construction of a two-unit SMR-300 plant at the company’s site in Covert, Mich.
Named Pioneer-1 and -2, the twin 340-MWe pressurized water reactors would join the 777-MWe Palisades PWR that began operating in 1971, shut down in 2022, and is expected to reconnect to the grid—slightly delayed—early this year. According to Holtec’s application documents, Part 2 of its construction permit will be filed no later than mid-2027.
Panel and Technical Session|Computational Methods, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning
Friday, April 14, 2023|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Student Union 362A
Session Chair:
Noah Walton (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Katy Worrell (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Mathematics & Computation Division.
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pyMAISE: A Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Benchmarking Software for Nuclear Reactor Applications
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Patrick A. Myers (Univ. Michigan), Connor C. Craig (Univ. Michigan), Veda G. Joynt (Univ. Michigan), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan)
Paper
A Comparison of Numerical Methods on the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Galen A. Selligman (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
X-ray Fluorescence Modeling Using Monte Carlo Methods
2:15–2:35PM EDT
James T. Cahill (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Caleb T. King (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Tristan O. Norrgard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carlos E. Castano (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Reza Mohammadi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Improvements to the TACOCAT Single Channel Analysis Solver: Integrated Testing and Modular Flux Profiles and Geometries
2:35–2:55PM EDT
Trevor Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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