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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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RIC panel discusses pathway to fusion commercialization
Fusion leaders at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s annual Regulatory Information Conference discussed the path forward for regulating the burgeoning fusion industry. The speakers discussed government and private industry initiatives in the United States and United Kingdom, with a focus on efforts shaping the near-term deployment of commercial fusion machines.
A recurring theme was the need to explain the difference between fission and fusion. Representatives from the Department of Energy and Type One Energy highlighted this as an important distinction for regulators, as it will allow fusion to undergo its own independent maturation process for developing standards and regulations in the same way that fission has. Lea Perlas, Fusion Program director at the Virginia Department of Health, said that confusion between fission and fusion has been a common cause for misplaced concerns among community members surrounding Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ proposed fusion plant site near Richmond, Va.
1st: Innocent Tsorxe, 'Measurements of Short-lived Photofission Products Using a Rapid Transfer System’, North Carolina State University
2nd (Tie):Ibrahim Jarra, 'Nodal Integral Methods in 2D Curvilnear Coordinates - Applied to the Time-Dependent Convection-Diffusion Equation’, University of Illinois
2nd (Tie): Forrest Shriver, 'Computational Performance of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Reactor Parameters’, University of Florida
1st: Ryan P McGuire, 'Using Additive Manufacturing to Investigate State-of-the-Art Instrumentation in Advanced Reactor Thermal Hydraulic Experiments’, Virginia Commonwealth University
2nd: Broderick Sieh, 'Ultrasonic Doppler Velocimetry for Flow Field Measurements in a Vertical Water Channel’, Kansas State University
3rd: Lucas Wodrich, 'RELAP5 Model of Two-phase Natural Circulation with Seawater Coolant’, Kansas State University
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