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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NEI chief executive highlights “unlimited potential” for nuclear in state of the industry address
Korsnick
In the Nuclear Energy Institute’s annual State of the Nuclear Energy Industry report, NEI president and CEO and Maria Korsnick expressed optimism about the nuclear industry and she issued a call to action.
Her address was part of NEI’s Nuclear Energy Policy forum. The forum, being held in Washington, D.C., on May 20 and May 21, brings together industry leaders, policy stakeholders, and clean energy experts to discuss nuclear advocacy. Korsnick’s remarks focused on the private capital flowing into the industry, progress on regulatory reform and new nuclear technology, and how the U.S. is trying to take the lead on the global nuclear stage.
“We are here at an unprecedented time in our industry history,” Korsnick said. “I’m proud to say that the nuclear industry has a future of unlimited potential.”
June 11–15, 2017
Innovating Nuclear Power
San Francisco, CA|Hyatt Regency San Francisco
The 2017 Annual Meeting will take place at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. Registration is now open**. ANS Housing link: Hyatt Regency San Francisco The group rate is $259.00 plus applicable taxes. ANS has also secured a limited number of rooms at the government rate. To book your reservation by phone, call 888-421-1442 and reference the American Nuclear Society or group code ANS7. If you need to book in the government per diem block please use access code 2017GovtRate (Please note an official Government Employee ID will be required at check-in, otherwise you will be charged the standard room rate). Reservations must be made by Friday, May 12, 2017, or before the group rooms are sold out, so do not delay. Prevailing rates may apply after this date or when the group rooms are sold out, whichever occurs first. Rooms are subject to availability. **When Registering please note: On January 1, 2017, Cvent will no longer support Microsoft's Internet Explorer versions 9 (IE9) and 10 (IE10) browsers for both users and those accessing our events, surveys, email campaigns, and the Supplier Network. For the best experience possible, we recommend upgrading to a supported browser by January 1, 2017. To see the official statement from Microsoft or to upgrade, visit the link below.
General Chair:
Jose N. Reyes, Jr. (Chief Technology Officer, NuScale Power)
Assistant General Chair:
Daniel Ingersoll (Director of Research Collaborations, NuScale Power)
Program Chair:
Raymond Klann (Senior Scientist, PNNL)
Assistant Program Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood (PNNL)
Embedded Topical Meeting
General Co-Chairs:
Clayton Scott (SVP, Chief Nuclear Officer, Schneider Electric)
Sacit M. Cetiner (R & D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Program Co-Chairs:
Charles McCarthy (I&C Tracks) (Nuclear I&C Programs Manager, Northop Grumman)
Sean M. Smith (I&C Tracks) (Embedded Software Engineer, Lockheed Martin)
David Desaulniers (HFE Tracks) (Senior Technical Advisor, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Johanna Oxstrand (HFE Tracks) (Human Factors Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory)