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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Education and training to support Canadian nuclear workforce development
Along with several other nations, Canada has committed to net-zero emissions by 2050. Part of this plan is tripling nuclear generating capacity. As of 2025, the country has four operating nuclear generating stations with a total of 17 reactors, 16 of which are in the province of Ontario. The Independent Electricity System Operator has recommended that an additional 17,800 MWe of nuclear power be added to Ontario’s grid.
Technical Session
Monday, July 22, 2024|10:00–11:50AM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Andrew G. Sowder
Alternate Chair:
Ben Lindley (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Session Organizer:
Arnold Lumsdaine
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Public-Private Partnerships to Address Supply Chain Challenges for the Commercialization of Fusion Energy
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Arnold Lumsdaine (ORNL)
Paper
Updated Owner-Operator Requirements for Fusion Energy to Inform and Enable Technology Development and Commercialization
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Diana Grandas (EPRI), Andrew Sowder (EPRI)
Technology Transfer and Public Private Collaboration
10:50–11:10AM CDT
H. J. Lewtas (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), A. Abdallah (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), S. Borini (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), A. Perez-Crespillo (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), L. Young (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), T. Bestwick (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
Sensitivity and Reliability Analysis for Reliability-Based Design Optimisation of EU-DEMO-like Designs
11:10–11:30AM CDT
Jonathan Maddock (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
The SPARC Plant Control Architecture: Leveraging Modern Industrial Automation Technology to Commercialize Fusion
11:30–11:50AM CDT
Max Kleiman-Lynch (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Dominic Francia (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Anders Oberg (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Will Davis (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
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