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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Solar developer Geenex looks to enter nuclear market
Charlotte, N.C.–based Geenex, a developer of utility-scale solar power and battery storage within the PJM Interconnection, announced on Tuesday that it is expanding into nuclear energy development, focusing on the siting and permitting of advanced small modular reactors.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Salon A
Session Chair:
Shinichiro Yamashita
Co-Chair:
Nico Vollmer
Session Organizer:
Peter R. Diller
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GNF4 BWR Fuel Design
3:15–3:40PM CDT
Weston Cundiff (Global Nuclear Fuel), Christopher Sedota (Global Nuclear Fuel), Jason Ingraham (Global Nuclear Fuel)
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Framatome VVER-440 and VVER-1000 Fuel Assembly Developments: Project Targets and Outline of Development Methodology
3:40–4:05PM CDT
Pascal Blanc (Framatome), Guy Gentet (Framatome SAS), Dounia Lhachemi (Framatome SAS), Marco Messingschlager (Framatome)
Extended Fuel Cycle Sensitivity Studies of the GE BWRX-300 Design
4:05–4:30PM CDT
John Monaghan (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
Framatome Fuel Portfolio for Light Water based SMRs
4:30–4:55PM CDT
Alice Dufresne (Framatome SAS), David Breeding (Framatome), Elisa Calvo Tone (Framatome)
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