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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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From Capitol Hill: Nuclear is back, critical for America’s energy future
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy convened its first hearing of the year, “American Energy Dominance: Dawn of the New Nuclear Era,” on January 7, where lawmakers and industry leaders discussed how nuclear energy can help meet surging electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence, data centers, advanced manufacturing, and national security needs.
Technical Session
Wednesday, October 8, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|Salon B
Session Chair:
Brenden Mervin
Co-Chair:
Matthieu Aumand
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Understanding the Thermomechanical Response of Ferritic and Ferritic-Martensitic Steel Claddings to Accident Transients
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Samuel B. Bell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)), Mackenzie Ridley (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Amy Godfrey (ORNL), Caleb Massey (ORNL)
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Behavior of Inert Fission Gas Under Accelerated Irradiation Conditions for Prototypical LWR Conditions
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Mutaz Alshannaq (The ohio state University), Md Minaruzzaman (The ohio state University), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.), Adam X. Zabriskie (INL), Marat Khafizov (The Ohio State University)
Development of a Reduced Order Model for the Thermal Assessment of Fuel Assembly Dry Lift for Refueling a Liquid Metal Fast Reactor
10:50–11:15AM CDT
Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Mike Epstein (Fauske & Associates LLC), Sung J. Lee (Fauske & Associates LLC), Cory Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Mangiarotti), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Alireza Mofidi (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Fuel Pin Irradiation Tests in the High Flux Reactor: Past Experiments and New Experiment Design for Screening of Innovative Gen IV Fuel Candidates
11:15–11:40AM CDT
Sander Van Til (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), Ronald Beck (NRG PALLAS), Tim v. Lunteren (NRG PALLAS)
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