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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|Salon B
Session Chair:
Nathan Capps
Co-Chair:
Nicolas Woolstenhulme
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Introducing HEPHAESTUS: A Furnace for Dry Storage Testing of Spent Nuclear Fuel at Studsvik's Hot Cells
8:00–8:25AM CDT
Felix Boldt (BGZ Company for Interim Storage), Peter Kaufholz (BGZ Company for Interim Storage), Timo Neikes (BGZ Company for Interim Storage), Mathias Segerberg (Studsvik Nuclear AB), Maik Stuke (BGZ Company for Interim Storage), Pia Tejland (Studsvik Nuclear AB)
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An Instrumented Capsule Design to Measure Thermal Conductivity in Miniature UO2 Specimens
8:25–8:50AM CDT
Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Trevor Parker (ORNL), Kara M. Godsey (ORNL), Dillon Cranford (ORNL), Padhraic L. Mulligan (ORNL), Richard H. Howard (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Andrew T. Nelson (ORNL)
Design of an Out-Of-Pile Experimental Facility to Demonstrate the Feasibility of In Situ Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Nuclear Fuels Under Irradiation
8:50–9:15AM CDT
Trevor Parker (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Dillon Cranford (ORNL), Daniel C. Sweeney (ORNL), Padhraic L. Mulligan (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Richard H. Howard (ORNL), Kenneth Cooper (ORNL)
Development of an In Situ Fission Gas Release Instrument for Fuel Sample Irradiations in the High Flux Isotope Reactor
9:15–9:40AM CDT
Padhraic L. Mulligan (ORNL), Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Trevor Parker (ORNL), Dillon Cranford (ORNL), N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL), Richard H. Howard (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Kara M. Godsey (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Jason Harp (ORNL)
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