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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, November 11, 2025|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 9
Session Chair:
Spencer Doran
Alternate Chair:
Brenden Heidrich
Session Organizer:
Jake R. Quincey
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Design and Thermal Analysis of Novel Cladding Tensile Specimen Design for HFIR Irradiation
3:15–3:35PM EST
Abigail Till (ORNL), Dillon Cranford (ORNL), Richard H. Howard (ORNL), Nick G. Russell (ORNL), Caleb Massey (ORNL), Annabelle L. Coq (ORNL)
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Design of Miniature Coated Specimen Experiments in HFIR
3:35–3:55PM EST
Jonathan R. Chappell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), M. N. Cinbiz (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Annabelle L. Coq (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kory D. Linton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Flexible Irradiation Capsule Design for Rapid Evaluation of Thermomechanical Properties
3:55–4:15PM EST
Zane Wallen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Richard H. Howard (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Christian M. Petrie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Accelerated Irradiation Experiments of the Fast Modular Reactor (FMR) Fuel
4:15–4:35PM EST
Jason T. Rizk (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics), John M. Bolin (General Atomics), Christina A. Back (General Atomics)
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