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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
Wednesday, November 12, 2025|10:15AM–12:00PM EST|Lincoln West
Session Chair:
Andrew Barto (NRC)
Alternate Chair:
John Scaglione
Session Organizer:
Hatice Akkurt
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PWR 24-Month Cycle Characteristics for SFP Criticality Analyses
10:15–10:35AM EST
Kasey Kennett (Dominion Energy), David Orr (Duke Energy)
Paper
Application of Sampler to the LEU+ Burnup Credit Uncertainty Question
10:35–10:55AM EST
Robert A. Hall (Duke Energy), David S. Orr (Duke Energy)
Comparison of LEU+ Reactivity Decrements for SFP Burnup Credit
10:55–11:15AM EST
Adequacy of 5% Depletion Uncertainty for LEU+/HBU SFP Burnup Credit
11:15–11:35AM EST
Hatice Akkurt (EPRI), Robert Hall (EPRI)
Applied Research at the U.S. Department of Energy on Storage and Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel
11:35–11:55AM EST
Paul Cantonwine (ORNL), Gordon Petersen (INL), Richard Wyrwas (Savannah River National Laboratory), Mychailo Toloczko (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Steven Vitto (Department Of Energy), Paul Murray (DOE Office of Nuclear Energy)
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