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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
Wednesday, October 8, 2025|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Cumberland South
Session Chair:
Daniel M. Wachs
Co-Chair:
Jae H. Yang
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The Gochrom Irradiation Program -- Lead Test Rod Irradiation Results of Framatome's PROtect-Cr Concept for up to 5 Annual Cycles
1:00–1:25PM CDT
E. W. Schweitzer (Framatome), P. B. Hoffmann (Framatome), A. Meyer (Framatome), T. Garnier (Framatome), K. Buchanan (Framatome), G. Girardin (NPP Gösgen-Däniken), S. Canepa (KKG - Switzerland), R. M. Grabherr (Paul Scherrer Institute), M. Martin (Paul Scherrer Institute), H. Wiese (Paul Scherrer Institute), M. Bono (CEA), B. Rais (CEA), P. Grange (CEA), A. Petit (CEA), D. Schildknecht (CEA), A. Reverte (CEA), X. Pujol (CEA)
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PROtect Cr-Cr: The Evolutionary E-ATF Solution by Framatome - Ramping Towards Industrial Capacity
1:25–1:50PM CDT
K. Buchanan (Framatome), V. Huet (Framatome), T. Garnier (Framatome)
On-going R&D Program at JAEA on the Advanced Technology Fuels: An Update on the Cr-coated Zry Cladding Research
1:50–2:15PM CDT
A. Mohamad (JAEA), S. Yamashita (JAEA), Y. Nemoto (JAEA), Y. Abe (JAEA), H. V. Pham (JAEA), I. Ioka (JAEA), Y. Soma (JAEA), Y. Ishijima (JAEA), T. Sato (JAEA), M. Rizaal (JAEA), S. Miwa (JAEA), K. Nakajima (JAEA), Y. Kaji (JAEA)
Experimental Assessment of Hydrogen Generation of Post-Eutectic Cr-Coated ATF Under Severe Accident Conditions
2:15–2:40PM CDT
Boyeon Kweon (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Seunglee Hong (Chung-Ang Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
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