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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
July 31–August 4, 2017
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada|Hilton Quebec
The Expanding Universe of Accelerator Applications L'expansion de l'univers des applications d'acc
General Chair:
Philip Cole (Professor, Idaho State University)
General Co-Chair:
Adriaan Buijs (Professor, McMaster University)
Technical Program Chair:
Aliz Simon (IAEA)
Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Andrei Afanasev (Professor, George Washington University)
Blair Bromley (Reactor Physicist, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)
