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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Mike Kramer: Navigating power deals in the new data economy
Mike Kramer has a background in finance, not engineering, but a combined 20 years at Exelon and Constellation and a key role in the deals that have Meta and Microsoft buying power from Constellation’s Clinton and Crane sites have made him something of a nuclear expert.
Kramer spoke with Nuclear News staff writer Susan Gallier in late August, just after a visit to Clinton in central Illinois to celebrate a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Meta that closed in June. As Constellation’s vice president for data economy strategy, Kramer was part of the deal-making—not just the celebration.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ANSTD
Monday, November 10, 2025|1:00–2:45PM EST|Columbia 9
Session Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Trevor Parker
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Design of a High-Specific Impulse Gas-Core Nuclear Thermal Rocket
1:00–1:20PM EST
Ashutosh Sharma (Fisher College), Vinit Vithalrai Shenvi (Tata Electronics)
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Beta-VOR: Economical Betavoltaic Electrical Power for Deep Space Applications
1:20–1:40PM EST
John E. Gunning (ORNL), Robert G. Kennedy III (Institute for Interstellar Studies)
Fuse's capabilities for nuclear security and fusion energy
1:40–2:00PM EST
J.C. Btaiche (Fuse Energy Technologies Corp)
A Multi-Criteria Evaluation Framework for Siting Fusion Energy Facilities: Application and Evaluation of U.S. Coal Power Plants
2:00–2:20PM EST
Muhammad R. Abdussami (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Kevin Daley (Univ. Michigan), Gabrielle Hoelzle (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)
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