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Conference Spotlight
2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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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Four companies picked for fast-tracked fuel fabrication
The Department of Energy has fast-tracked its selections for the Fuel Line Pilot Program. Four companies—Oklo, Terrestrial Energy, TRISO-X, and Valar Atomics—were named September 30 as “conditional selections” for a “fast-track approach to commercial licensing,” bringing the total to five. The first company conditionally chosen for a DOE-authorized fuel fabrication facility—Standard Nuclear—was named less than three weeks after the program opened to applicants in July.
May 8–13, 2027
Salt Lake City, UT|Salt Lake City Convention Center
General Chairs:
Hyun Gook Kang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NPIC-HMIT)
Jeong Hun Lee (FNC Technology, ISOFIC)
Program Chairs:
Fan Zhang (Georgia Tech, NPIC-HMIT)
Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology, ISOFIC)
Publication Chair:
Katya L. Le Blanc (Idaho National Laboratory)
