2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
Schedule Timeline

Thursday — November 12, 2026

Student Sections Committee

Virtual

Sunday — November 15, 2026

Professional Divisions Committee (PDC)

TBD

Conference, Proceedings & Transactions Committee

Hybrid

National Program Committee - Screening

Hybrid

Exhibit Setup

TBD

Accreditation Policy and Procedures Committee

Hybrid

Isotopes and Radiation Executive Committee

TBD

Registration/Help Desk open from 2:00-7:00 pm

TBD

Thermal Hydraulics Division Executive Committee

TBD

Fuel Cycle Waste Management Executive Committee

TBD

Accelerator Applications Division Committee

Hybrid

Exhibit Hall open from 5:00 pm-7:00 pm

TBD

Monday — November 16, 2026

Registration/Help Desk open from 7:00 am-5:00 pm

TBD

Exhibit Hall open from 7:00 am-3:30 pm

TBD

ANS-31.1 - Standard for Testing and Facilities for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Reactors

TBD

Materials Science & Technology Executive Committee

Hybrid

National Conference Committee

Hybrid

Safety and Radiological Analyses Consensus Committee (SRACC)

Hybrid

Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C)

TBD

Accelerator Applications in Industry and Security: I

Room 8

Messaging to Match the Environment

Panel Room - Blue

ANS Student Design Competition: I

Room 1

Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General

Room 2

Fusion Science, Technology, and Policy: I

Room 4

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for I&C and Human Factors: I

Room 3

Isotopes and Radiation: General I

Room 9 (Mon. 1 o'clock ONLY)

Transport Methods

Room 5

Data, Analysis and Operations in Nuclear Criticality Safety: I

Room 6

Hybrid and Integrated Energy Systems

Room 7

Shaping the Future of Nuclear Robotics

Panel Room - Blue

Rad Talk

Panel Room - Green

Criticality and the Future of Nuclear Deployment

Panel Room - Green

Design Basis T/H Analysis

Room 3

Boolean Evaluation Tools, Methods, and Verifications: I

Room 1

Developing and Achieving Targets for SSC Reliability and Capability

Room 2

Portable and Propulsion Reactors

Room 1

Fuel Cycle and Waste Management

Room 2

NEAMS TH IRP: Thermal-Fluids Applications in Nuclear Energy

Room 3

Thermal Hydraulics Summaries: Multiphase Flow Experiments

Room 2

Thermal Hydraulics Summaries: Advanced Reactors

Room 4

Enhancing the Interaction between Experiments and Simulations

Room 1

ANS-8.23 Working Group Nuclear Criticality Accident Emergency Planning and Response

Hybrid

Accelerator Applications in Industry and Security: II

Room 7

Uranium Mining Remediation: Past, Present, and Future

Panel Room - Blue

ANS Student Design Competition: II

Room 1

Advances in Fuel Recycle

Room 2

Innovative Methods in SNF Disposal R&D

Room 2

Advances in SNF Storage and Transportation and Aerosol Source Terms Estimation

Room 2

Molten Salt Reactor Fuels and Materials

Room 4

Computational Methods and Mathematical Modeling: I

Room 5

Recent NCSP Technical Accomplishments

Room 6

Science, Technology, and Policy Advances in Nuclear Safeguards

Room 3

Quantum Computing for the Nuclear Industry

Panel Room - Blue

Advanced Reactor Methods

Room 8

How I Built My Network

Panel Room - Green

Fusion: The Hype vs. The Hope

Panel Room - Green

Reliability Databases and Parameter Estimations

Room 1

Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Approaches

Room 2

NURETH-22 Organizing Committee

TBD

Christian Nuclear Fellowship

TBD

Tuesday — November 17, 2026

Registration/Help Desk open from 7:00 am-5:00 pm

TBD

Exhibit Hall open from 7:00 am-3:30 pm

TBD

ANS-31.1 Working Group Testing and Facilities for Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Reactors

Hybrid

Multiphysics-Coupled Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis Methods

Room 3

Thermal Hydraulics of Severe Accidents

Room 4

Thermal Hydraulics Summaries: RBHT Experiments and Analysis

Room 2

Modernizing System Codes for Advanced Reactor Applications

Room 1

Standards Board

TBD

Education, Training, and Workforce Development: General I

Room 1

Molten Salt Fuel Chemistry: I

Room 2

Digital Technologies for Plant Operation and Maintenance

Room 3

Advanced Instrumentation & Control R&D under DOE-NE ARSS Program

Panel Room - Blue

Space Reactor Instrumentation and Controls

Panel Room - Blue

Isotopes and Radiation: General II

Room 4

Uncertainty Quantification, Sensitivity Analysis, and Machine Learning: I

Room 5

Data, Analysis and Operations in Nuclear Criticality Safety: II

Room 6

Maritime Applications

Room 7

Nuclear Energy for Digital Infrastructure: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

Panel Room - Green

Reactor Analysis: General I

Room 8

Reactors Meet Hyperscalers: How can we make colocation work?

Panel Room - Green

Reactor Physics I

Room 1

Operation, Performance, and Reliability Management

Room 2

UNLP Student Meet & Greet

TBD

National Program Committee

Hybrid

AI & ML Assisted Modeling and Simulation

Room 3

Young Professionals Research Competition: I

Room 4

Thermal Hydraulics Summaries: General Thermal Hydraulics

Room 2

Time at Temperature

Room 1

Radiation Effects and Related Applications: I

Room 5

Office of Nuclear Energy Supported Student Presentations: I

Room 1

Molten Salt Fuel Chemistry: II

Room 2

Large Language Models and Foundation Models for Nuclear

Room 3

Advanced Simulation Techniques for Nuclear Materials: I

Room 4

Nuclear Security, Proliferation Resistance, and Physical Protection

Room 6

Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Power Systems: I

Room 7

Pathways to a Massive Nuclear Deployment in the United States

Panel Room - Green

Advanced Reactor Analysis: I

Room 8

Making an Early Impact in Setting Nuclear Standards and Regulations

Panel Room - Blue

Nuclear Energy Development in Europe

Panel Room - Green

Changes in Nuclear Risk Regulation

Panel Room - Blue

Boolean Evaluation Tools, Methods, and Verifications: II

Room 1

Selection Approach’s for Seismic Design Criteria for Nuclear Installations

Room 2

Reactor Physics II

Room 1

Fundamental Thermal Hydraulics

Room 3

Computational Fluid Dynamics Methods

Room 1

Molten-Salt Reactor Thermal Hydraulics

Room 2

Young Professionals Research Competition: II

Room 4

Radiation Effects and Related Applications: II

Room 2

The NEPA Umbrella is Shrinking: Staying Dry in a Changing Environmental Review Landscape

Panel Room - Green

Education, Training, and Workforce Development: General II

Room 1

Online Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics

Room 3

From Development to Deployment: Digital Twins for University Research Reactors

Panel Room - Blue

Advanced Simulation Techniques for Nuclear Materials: II

Room 4

Computational Methods and Mathematical Modeling: II

Room 5

Critical and Subcritical Experiments: I

Room 6

Towards Digital Twins for Nuclear Safeguards

Panel Room - Blue

Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Power Systems: II

Room 7

AI-Assisted Reactor Analysis

Room 8

Modeling of Passive Systems and Inherent Safety

Room 2

Mechanistic Source Terms

Room 1

Reactor Physics III

Room 1

Wednesday — November 18, 2026

Registration/Help Desk open from 7:00 am-5:00 pm

TBD

System Thermal Hydraulics Methods

Room 4

General AI & ML Applications in Thermal-Hydraulics

Room 3

Thermal Hydraulics Abstracts: Experiments and Analysis

Room 2

LOCA Rule Making

Room 1

Fuel, Waste, and Decommissioning Consensus Committee (FWDCC)

TBD

Isotope Production and Medical Applications

Room 5

Automation and AI/ML Applications in Fuel Cycle and Waste Management

Room 2

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for I&C and Human Factors: II

Room 3

Toward Community-Driven Foundation Models for Predictive Molten Salt Chemistry

Panel Room - Blue

Environmental Degradation of Materials: I

Room 4

Data, Analysis and Operations in Nuclear Criticality Safety: III

Room 6

Nuclear Energy Markets, Financing, and Economics: I

Room 7

Reactor Physics Methods

Room 8

Deploying Robots Across the Nuclear Landscape: I

Room 1

Meeting the Modern Nuclear Energy Workforce Challenges

Panel Room - Green

Novel System Code Development

Room 3

Thermal Hydraulics Summaries: Multiphase Flow Modeling

Room 2

Transition to GPU Computing and beyond

Room 1

Nuclear Power Plants I

Room 1

Fuels, Materials, and Structures

Room 2

Nuclear Maritime

Panel Room - Blue

Office of Nuclear Energy Supported Student Presentations: II

Room 1

Cybersecurity in Wireless Technologies, Digital I&C, Digital Twins, and Human Factors

Room 3

Environmental Degradation of Materials: II

Room 4

Uncertainty Quantification, Sensitivity Analysis, and Machine Learning: II

Room 5

Critical and Subcritical Experiments: II

Room 6

Nuclear Installations Safety: General I

Room 8

Nuclear Energy Markets, Financing, and Economics: II

Room 7

Radiation Protection and Shielding: General

Room 2

Bridging Generations in the Nuclear Workforce

Panel Room - Green

Uncertainty Quantification

Room 1

Bounding Site Approaches

Room 2

Nuclear Power Plants II

Room 1

Gas-Cooled Reactor Thermal Hydraulics: I

Room 3

Thermal Hydraulics Summaries: Systems Codes

Room 4

Thermal Hydraulics Abstracts: General

Room 2

Light Water SMRs

Room 1

Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities Consensus Committee (NRNFCC)

TBD

AI-Driven Accelerator Research, Teaching and Operations

Room 2

Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology: General

Room 5

Advances in Advanced Reactor Fuel Fabrication and Qualification

Panel Room - Green

Fusion Science, Technology, and Policy: II

Room 1

Advances in Sensors and Instrumentation

Room 3

Nuclear Fuels and Claddings

Room 4

Mathematics and Computation Roundtable

Panel Room - Blue

Nuclear Installations Safety: General II

Room 6

Data Center Applications: I

Room 7

Advanced Reactor Analysis: II

Room 8

Risk-Informing the Design of the Next Generation of Research Reactors

Room 2

Surrogate Models and Digital Twins

Room 1

Markets and Financing I

Room 1

Gas-Cooled Reactor Thermal Hydraulics: II

Room 3

General Thermal Hydraulics

Room 1

Thermal Hydraulics Summaries: GOTHIC Benchmarks

Room 4

Thermal Hydraulics Abstracts: Computational Fluid Dynamics

Room 2

Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences: General

Room 1

Human Factors: General

Room 3

Advanced/Additive Manufacturing

Room 4

Mathematics and Computation: General

Room 5

Tom McLaughlin and his Impact on the Field

Panel Room - Green

Data Center Applications: II

Room 7

Computational Tools for Radiation Protection and Shielding

Room 2

Reactor Analysis: General II

Room 8

Deploying Robots Across the Nuclear Landscape: II

Room 6

Markets and Financing II

Room 1

Thursday — November 19, 2026

Technical Tour of Palo Verde Generating Station

Meet in the hotel lobby at 6:45 am