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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC approves TerraPower construction permit
Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has approved TerraPower’s construction permit application for Kemmerer Unit 1, the company’s first deployment of Natrium, its flagship sodium fast reactor.
This approval is a significant milestone on three fronts. For TerraPower, it represents another step forward in demonstrating its technology. For the Department of Energy, it reflects progress (despite delays) for the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). For the NRC, it is the first approval granted to a commercial reactor in nearly a decade—and the first approval of a commercial non–light water reactor in more than 40 years.
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|1:00–2:50PM CDT|Madison Ballroom
Session Chair:
Andrea Saltos (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Alternate Chair:
Michael J. Loughlin
Session Organizer:
Iole Palermo (Ciemat)
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ITER Neutronic Status and Roadmap 2024-2028
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Y. Le Tonqueze (ITER Org.), S. Puthanveetil (ITER Org.), E. Polunovskiy (ITER Org.), G. Nafradi (ITER Org.)
Paper
Nuclear Integrated Engineering Approach to Enhance Nuclear Integration Following ALARA Principle in ITER Project
1:25–1:45PM CDT
R. Juarez (Univ. Nacional de Educación a Distancia), R. Brown (ITER Org.), F. Javier (ITER Org.), M. Gandolin (ITER Org.), D. Carloni (ITER Org.), M. Regad (ITER Org.), M. Loughlin (ORNL), D. Williams (Orano Projets), J.B. Le Blaye (Orano Projets), M. Sarapata (Orano Projets), H. Monet (Jacobs), E. Ramsay (Jacobs), S. Ziou (Jacobs), A. Kolsek (Univ. Nacional de Educacion a Distancia), M. De Pietri (Univ. Nacional de Educacion a Distancia), G. Pedroche (Univ. Nacional de Educacion a Distancia), A.J. Lopez-Revelles (Univ. Nacional de Educacion a Distancia)
Presented by Y. Le Tonqueze (ITER Org.)
Methodology for the Quantitative Determination of Safety Factor in Nuclear Analysis for Component Design in Fusion Reactors.
1:45–2:05PM CDT
Michael J. Loughlin (ORNL)
Leveraging Adjoint and Forward Neutron Transport Solutions and Information to Identify Source Regions with High Importance
2:05–2:25PM CDT
Joshua Jones (MPR Assoc.), Russell Gocht (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Andrea Saltos (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Katie Saltzgiver (MPR Assoc.), Ryanne Kennedy (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Uncertainty Exploration of the ITER FNG Shutdown Dose Rate Benchmark with New R2S Capabilities in OpenMC
2:25–2:45PM CDT
Ethan E. Peterson (MIT), Paul K. Romano (ANL), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL)
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