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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|Senate A/B
Session Chair:
Susana Reyes
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Pierre-Clément A. Simon (INL)
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Multi-MJ Target Designs for Inertial Fusion Energy
1:00–1:25PM CDT
A.R. Christopherson (Xcimer Energy), C. Thomas (Laboratory for Laser Energetics), M. Schmitt (LANL), S. Reyes (Xcimer Energy), N. Alexander (General Atomics), C. Galloway (Xcimer Energy)
Paper
Challenging Common Assumptions of Thick-Wall Chamber Dynamics in Inertial Fusion Systems Using MOOSE
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL), Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Nahom Habtemariam (TAMU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Susana Reyes (Xcimer Energy)
Wetted Foam Target Production for IFE
1:50–2:10PM CDT
N. Alexander (General Atomics), J. Williams (General Atomics), G. Lovelace (General Atomics), W. Sweet (General Atomics), F. Elsner (General Atomics), A. Haid (General Atomics), M. Do (General Atomics), T. Nunn (General Atomics)
Development, Verification and Preliminary Validation of a Compressible Flow Solver for Modeling IFE Chambers
2:10–2:30PM CDT
N. Habtemariam (TAMU), C. Fiorina (TAMU), S. Reyes (Xcimer Energy)
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