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Nuclear Criticality Safety
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Commercial nuclear innovation "new space" age
In early 2006, a start-up company launched a small rocket from a tiny island in the Pacific. It exploded, showering the island with debris. A year later, a second launch attempt sent a rocket to space but failed to make orbit, burning up in the atmosphere. Another year brought a third attempt—and a third failure. The following month, in September 2008, the company used the last of its funds to launch a fourth rocket. It reached orbit, making history as the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to do so.
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10:30AM–12:00PM EDT
Panel|Banyan 1|Supply Chain Challenges & Opportunities
Panel|Calusa 10|Cost Reduction Opportunities
Panel|Banyan 3|Innovation Roles for Nuclear
Session Chair: Mark Campagna
Panel|Calusa 8-9|Workforce Development/Challenges
Panel|Banyan 2|Plant Reliability
Session Chair: Bill Eckes
Panel|Calusa 11-12|Nuclear HR and Working Group Community Practices
1:30–3:00PM EDT
Session Organizer: Ken Lowery
Session Chair: Lori Brady
3:30–5:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Jason Remer
Session Chair: Frank Nelms
Session Chair: Emmett Wilmes
Session Chair: James Hettel
Session Chair: Michael Frankle
Session Chair: Tim Schlimpert
Session Chairs: James Hettel, Marty Ingels
Session Chair: Bill Rosko
Session Chair: Jason Lanier
Session Chairs: LeAnn Soderquist, James Hettel
Session Chair: Ken Lowery
Session Chair: Ray Herb
Session Chair: LeAnn Soderquist