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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DOE signs two more OTAs in Reactor Pilot Program
This week, the Department of Energy has finalized two new other transaction agreements (OTAs) with participating companies in its Reactor Pilot Program, which aims to get one or two fast-tracked reactors on line by July 4 of this year. Those companies are Terrestrial Energy and Oklo.
International High Level Radioactive Waste Management (IHLRWM 2025)
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 11, 2025|8:00–9:45AM EST|Lincoln West
Session Chair:
Joe Faldowski (EPRI)
Alternate Chair:
Rob Howard
Session Organizer:
Sylvia J. Saltzstein
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Office of Storage and Transportation Research Activities for DOE-Managed Spent Nuclear Fuel
8:00–8:20AM EST
Nilay Atul Kulkarni (INL), Samuel J. Trost (INL), Steven C. Vitto (U.S. Department of Energy)
Paper
Maritime Microreactor Transport Scoping Study
8:20–8:40AM EST
Garill Coles (PNNL), Steve Short (PNNL), Harold Adkins Jr. (PNNL), Steven Maheras (PNNL)
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Spent Fuel Dry Storage Cask Opening: Operational Experiences
8:40–9:00AM EST
L. McManniman (EPRI), J. Faldowski (EPRI)
Integrating Detector Resolution into μTRec Algorithm for Spent-fuel Cask Imaging
9:00–9:20AM EST
Reshma Ughade (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Thermal Evaluation Plan of Korean CANDU Spent Fuel Silo Dry Storage
9:20–9:40AM EST
ChangHwan Shin (KAERI), Donghak Kook (KAERI), Yeon Hwang (SE&T Corporation), Jung Hyun Kim (SE&T Corporation), Taehyung Na (Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power-Central Research Institute)
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