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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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Industry Update—December 2025
Here is a recap of recent industry happenings:
Agreement signed on advanced nuclear technology in space
Texas-based space technology and orbital logistics developer Space Ocean Corporation and New Mexico–based space nuclear power systems developer Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes) have signed a letter of intent to explore the integration of advanced nuclear reactor technology into future space missions. Space Ocean agreed to test SpaceNukes’ 10-kilowatt microreactor aboard its ALV-N satellite and, if performance criteria are met, to use SpaceNukes as a core supplier of reactors for future Space Ocean lunar and planetary missions. The companies also agreed to examine the integration of fluid delivery systems with reactor modules, to collect operational data to support technology readiness certification, and to form a joint working group to pursue additional space infrastructure and commercial opportunities.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Labrid A/B
Session Chair:
Gerard Jackson
Alternate Chair:
Leah Squires (INL)
Session Organizers:
Harish Reddy Gadey
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A Historical Review of the Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel Through 2021
3:15–3:35PM EST
Kevin J. Connolly (ORNL)
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Open-Source Reactor-to-Repository Python Framework for Evaluating Spent Nuclear Fuel from Advanced Nuclear Reactors
3:35–3:55PM EST
Haruko Wainwright (MIT), Chloe Christiaen (Ecole Polytechnique), Milos I. Atz (Ultra Safe Nuclear), John Sebastian Tchakerian (MIT), Jiankai Yu (MIT), Gavin K. Ridley (MIT), Krishna Sunder (Univ. Chicago), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Potential Burnup Indicator Identification Based on Power History Decomposition
3:55–4:15PM EST
Shiming Yin (Purdue Univ.), Tarikul Islam (Purdue Univ.), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Germina Procop (ORNL), Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)
Update on Parallel Process Execution in the Next Generation System Analysis Model
4:15–4:35PM EST
H. Gadey (INL), R. Joseph (INL), B. Gutherman (Gutherman Technical Services), L. Vander Wal (ANL)
Presented by Kaushik Banerjee (INL)
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Community Comments and Social Media Interactions as a Basis for Informing Consent-Based Siting of Spent Nuclear Fuel Facilities
4:35–4:55PM EST
Matthew S. Weber (Rutgers Univ.), Rachel Acosta (Rutgers Univ.), Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.)
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