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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC posts hearing request notice for Belews Creek ESP application
An opportunity to request an adjudicatory hearing for Duke Energy Carolinas’ early site permit (ESP) application for the Belews Creek site in Stokes County, N.C., has been announced by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The notice of the opportunity was published February 9 in the Federal Register. The deadline to file a request for a hearing or petition for leave to intervene is April 10, 2026.
Executive Session|Panel
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Crystal B
Session Chair:
Miriam Juckett (PNNL)
Session Organizer:
Kaushik Banerjee (INL)
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is developing preliminary plans for a full-scale spent nuclear fuel cask demonstration – a first of its kind in the United States. The panelists will discuss options for the project, including types of demonstrations that could be conducted, anticipated outcomes, and how lessons learned from international tests and previous scale tests have been incorporated into the preliminary plans. The panelists also will discuss how DOE has engaged stakeholders and integrated their feedback throughout the process, including preliminary feedback from a recent Request for Information.
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