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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
June 14–18, 2009
Advancing Nuclear Technology for a Greater Tomorrow
Atlanta, GA
Pre-registration is now closed. Please register on-site.
General Chair:
Jeffrey T. Gasser (Southern Nuclear Operating Company)
Program Chair:
Dr. Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Assistant Program Chairs:
Dr. Charles (Chip) Martin (Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board)
Kurshad Muftuoglu (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Embedded Topical
Formerly Space Nuclear Conference.
General Chairs:
Samit Bhattacharyya (Savannah River Site)
George Schmidt (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Technical Program Chairs:
Shannon Bragg-Sitton (Texas A&M University)
Michael Houts (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
Steven D. Howe (Idaho National Laboratory Center for Space Nuclear Research)
John Scott (NASA Johnson Space Center)
