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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Five companies, five bases: The Army’s Janus Program takes shape
Between the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses and Nuclear Energy Launch Pad programs, August has already been a busy month for federal partnerships with the nuclear industry.
That trend continues: On Wednesday, the Department of the Army announced that it has selected five nuclear reactor developers—Antares Nuclear, BWXT Advanced Technologies, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, Radiant Industries, and Westinghouse Government Services—each paired with a different military installation, for its Janus Program.
This week, the nuclear community descended on Dallas, Texas, for the second annual Nuclear Energy Conference and Expo, the premier industry-focused nuclear conference cohosted by the American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute. Among the plenary panelists was Jeff Waksman, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy, and environment. Waksman has been closely involved in the development of the Janus Program, and the morning before the program’s new selections were unveiled, he provided insights on its ultimate goals at NECX 2026.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Canaveral 1
Session Chair:
Suibel Schuppner (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
Alternate Chair:
Pamela Rich (INL)
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas (INL)
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VVER-1000 Pin-Cell Nuclear Data UQ Using SANDY/Serpent
1:00–1:20PM EST
Spencer C. Ercanbrack (NCSU), Muhammad R. Altahhan (NCSU), Luca Fiorito (SCK CEN), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
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GOTHIC Benchmark to a Containment Vessel Passive Cooling Experiment
1:20–1:40PM EST
Diego Ross (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Jeff Lane (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Jordan Penley (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Thomas Moore (Numerical Advisory Solutions)
Advanced Instrumentation of a Wire Wrapped Sodium Fast Reactor Fuel Rod Simulator
1:40–2:00PM EST
Nicholas J. Thoreson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Shaun R. Aakre (TerraPower), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
CONSTELATION Model Results of Validation Experiment for HENRI in TREAT
2:00–2:20PM EST
Austin M. Warren (Oregon State), Guillaume P. Mignot (Oregon State), Trevor K. Howard (Oregon State), Wade R. Marcum (Oregon State)
On the Definitions of Automation Trustworthiness and Automation Transparency in Nuclear Power Domain
2:20–2:40PM EST
Muhammad Hammad Khalid (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ha Bui (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL), Zahra Mohaghegh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
