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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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From Plan to Reality: Closing the Execution Gap in Nuclear Projects
At the outset, the project looked solid.
The schedule was well defined. Cost projections were within expectations. Engineering milestones were aligned with procurement and construction plans. On paper, everything pointed toward success. But as construction progressed, challenges began to emerge.
Panel and Technical Session|Fusion and Plasma Physics
Saturday, April 15, 2023|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Student Union 262B
Session Chair:
Promise Adebayo-Ige (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Cade Abbott (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Fusion Energy Division.
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High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering Based Ablator Development for Laser-Fusion Applications
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Steven L. Frankowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Hongwei Xu (General Atomics), Priya Raman (General Atomics), Haibo Huang (General Atomics)
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Modular RF Compensated Langmuir Probe Design and Analysis
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Matthew E. Koska (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Davin U. Hess (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Sputtered Ion Measurements of an Oxidized Boron and Lithium Coating Exposed to Low-Energy Ions
10:55–11:15AM EDT
Braden T. Moore (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Shota Abe (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Bruce Koel (Princeton Univ.), Euichan Jung (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
Dynamic Lithium Corrosion of Fusion Relevant Substrates
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Emily Greene (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Cody Moynihan (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Steven A. Stemmley (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), David N. Ruzic (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)