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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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ARDP update: General Atomics finalizes conceptual design
The Department of Energy recently announced that General Atomics has successfully completed the conceptual design of its new helium gas–cooled fast modular reactor (FMR). This milestone moves the company one step closer to a target demonstration in the 2030s.
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2023)
Dr. Kenneth Kunkel is an Atmospheric Sciences Professor at North Carolina State University and Lead Scientist for Assessments with the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies. He holds a B.S. degree in Physics from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Meteorology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research has focused on climate variability and change, particularly related to extreme weather and climate events. He is an author on the Third (2014) and Fourth (2018) U.S. National Climate Assessments, lead author on the North Carolina Climate Science Report (2020), and an author on recent climate assessments for the Great Lakes (2019) and Illinois (2021). He has published over 170 scientific journal articles and book chapters. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.
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