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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Getting back to yes: A local perspective on decommissioning, restart, and responsibility
For 45 years, Duane Arnold Energy Center operated in Linn County, Ia., near the town of Palo and just northwest of Cedar Rapids. The facility, owned by NextEra Energy, was the only nuclear power plant in the state.
In August 2020, a historic derecho swept across eastern Iowa with winds approaching 140 miles per hour. Damage to the plant’s cooling towers accelerated a shutdown that had already been planned, and the facility entered decommissioning soon after, with its fuel removed in October of that year. Iowa’s only nuclear plant had gone off line.
Today the national energy landscape looks very different than it did just six short years ago. Electricity demand is rising rapidly as data centers, artificial intelligence infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and electrification expand across the country. Reliable, carbon-free baseload power has become increasingly valuable. In that context, Linn County has approved the rezoning necessary to support the recommissioning and restart of Duane Arnold and is actively supporting NextEra’s efforts to secure the remaining state and federal approvals.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, November 12, 2025|10:15AM–12:00PM EST|Columbia 9
Session Chair:
Ahmed Abdelhameed
Alternate Chair:
Wen-Chi Cheng
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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Market informed Technoeconomic Assessment for Nuclear Integrated Hydrogen Production in US Gulf Coast
10:15–10:35AM EST
Wen-Chi Cheng (INL), Nahuel Guaita (INL), Maria Alejandra Herrera d. Reyes (INL), Kathleen P. Sweeney (INL)
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Evaluating the Benefits of Nuclear-Data Center Tight Integration: Enhancing Plant Utilization via Heat-Driven Absorption Cooling
10:35–10:55AM EST
So-Bin Cho (ANL), Md Akhlak Bin Aziz (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Timothy P. Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL)
Commissioners' Voting Efficiency at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
10:55–11:15AM EST
Yue Jiang (The Breakthrough Institute), Adam Stein (The Breakthrough Institute), Deric Tilson (The Breakthrough Institute)
Economic Potential of Nuclear Power for e-Fuels in Transportation Sector
11:15–11:35AM EST
Kwang Hoon Baek (ANL), Ram Vijayagopal (ANL), Amgad Elgowainy (ANL)
Market and Economic Potential of Nuclear Energy for Industrial Applications in U.S.
11:35–11:55AM EST
Adarsh Bafana (ANL), Neeraj Hanumante (ANL), Amgad Elgowainy (ANL)
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