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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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RIC session focuses on interagency collaboration
Attendees at last week’s 2026 Regulatory Information Conference, hosted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, saw extensive discussion of new reactor technologies, uprates, fusion, multiunit deployments, supply chain, and much more.
With the industry in a state of rapid evolution, there was much to discuss. Connected to all these topics was one central theme: the ongoing changes at the NRC. With massively shortened timelines, the ADVANCE Act and Executive Order 14300, and new interagency collaboration and authorization pathways in mind, speakers spent much of the RIC exploring what the road ahead looks like for the NRC.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|8:00–9:40AM CDT|Cumberland South
Session Chair:
Nadine Hollasky
Co-Chair:
Randall J. Dunavant
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An IAEA Review of Status and Current Practices on Structural Behaviours of Fuel Assemblies in Light Water Cooled Reactors
8:00–8:25AM CDT
Jinzhao Zhang (Tractebel Engineering), Ki Seob Sim (Consultant), Cristina Muñoz-Reja Ruiz (ENUSA), Guillaume Ricciardi (CEA), Julien Pacull (Framatome), Andrey Alekseyev (Kurchatov Institute), Yeldos Kultayev (IAEA)
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Experience Feedback on Framatome's PWR Structural Material Q12 at Increased Burnups
8:25–8:50AM CDT
E. W. Schweitzer (Framatome), V. Schoss (Framatome), V. Chabretou (Framatome), J. O'Shaughnessy (Framatome)
Digital Solutions for Visual Fuel Assembly Inspection
8:50–9:15AM CDT
Markus Wicklein (Framatome)
LaSip System: Precision Leak Detection for Old Fuel, Small Leakers, and Fuel Repair Verification
9:15–9:40AM CDT
Lage Fridemo (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ben Strengell (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andreas Fristedt Åblad (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Presented by Daniel Engbom (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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