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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Panelists discuss U.S. path to criticality in ANS webinar
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a panel discussion featuring prominent figures from the nuclear sector who discussed the industry’s ongoing push for criticality.
Yasir Arafat, chief technical officer of Aalo Atomics; Jordan Bramble, CEO of Antares Nuclear; and Rita Baranwal, chief nuclear officer of Radiant Industries, participated in the discussion and covered their recent progress in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program. Nader Satvat, director of nuclear systems design at Kairos Power, gave an update on the company’s ongoing demonstration projects taking place outside of the landscape of DOE authorization.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Monday, November 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Grouper
Session Chair:
Hitesh Bindra (Purdue Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Tim Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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Evaluation of Operational Benefits of Retrofitting Nuclear-Renewable Integrated Energy Systems at Coal Plant Sites
3:15–3:35PM EST
Muhammad R. Abdussami (Univ. Michigan), Johanna L. Mathieu (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)
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Comparison of Natural Gas and Nuclear Energy Driven Solvent Based Direct Air Capture: An Economic Review
3:35–3:55PM EST
Md Akhlak Bin Aziz (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Timothy Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Caleb Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Integrating Advanced Reactors into University Campus Microgrids
3:55–4:15PM EST
Timothy P. Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Dimitri Kalinichenko (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Reynaldo Guerrero (Xendee), Nishaant Sinha (Xendee), Michael Stadler (Xendee), James Reilly (Reilly Assoc.), Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Short Term Power Forecasting of a Nuclear Hybrid Energy System Using Machine Learning
4:15–4:35PM EST
Rita Appiah (Purdue Univ.), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Luciano Castillo (Purdue Univ.)
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