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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|1:00–2:40PM CDT|Salon A
Session Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Co-Chair:
Petr Cervenka
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Future Opportunities for LWR Irradiations in US Test Reactors
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), Nate S. Oldham (INL), Austin D. Fleming (INL), Klint Anderson (INL), Charles P. Folsom (INL), Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Kory Linton (ORNL), David M. Carpenter (MIT), Gordon E. Kohse (MIT)
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Developing New Fuels for High Performance Research Reactors
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Rosemary A. Montgomery (ORNL), Scott Ravenhill (Department of Energy, NNSA), Brett Cox (Department of Energy, NNSA), Brian Waud (NNSA), Joan Dix (National Nuclear Security Administration)
NEA Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments FIDES-II: Building and Maintaining Competences Through International Collaboration
1:50–2:15PM CDT
Markus Beilmann (Nuclear Energy Agency), Tatiana Ivanova (Nuclear Energy Agency), Koji Kitano (Nuclear Regulation Authority), Olivier Marchand (ASNR), Marek Miklos (Research Centre Rez), Ville Tulkki (Nuclear Energy Agency), Peter Ungelenk (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit), Daniel M. Wachs (INL)
Pressure Drop Measurement Comparison between the Westinghouse EMBLA Loop and the ŠKODA JS KAZEX Loop
2:15–2:40PM CDT
Fredrik Waldemarsson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michal Dostál (Škoda JS), Luděk Kroj (Škoda JS)
Presented by Uffe Bergmann (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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