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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
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Chernobyl at 40 years: Looking back at Nuclear News
Sunday, April 26, at 1:23 a.m. local time will mark 40 years since the most severe nuclear accident in history: the meltdown of Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union.
In the ensuing four decades, countless books, documentaries, articles, and conference sessions have examined Chernobyl’s history and impact from various angles. There is a similar abundance of outlooks in the archives of Nuclear News, where hundreds of scientists, advocates, critics, and politicians have shared their thoughts on Chernobyl over the years. Today, we will take a look at some highlights from the pages of NN to see how the story of Chernobyl evolved over the decades.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|4:50–6:30PM EST
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Christina Leggett
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Dan Goldberg (American Nuclear Society)
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Analytical Electrochemistry Applied to Pyroprocessing and Molten Salt Reactors
Elizabeth Stricker (Argonne National Laboratory), Mark A. Williamson (Argonne National Laboratory), Jicheng Guo (Argonne National Laboratory), Nathaniel Hoyt (Argonne National Laboratory)
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Understanding the Effect of Operating Conditions on UO2 Reduction Efficiency in Molten LiCl-Li2O Salts
Mark A. Williamson (Argonne National Laboratory), Madeline G. Morrow (Argonne National Laboratory), Nathan D. Smith (Argonne National Laboratory), Krista L. Hawthorne (Argonne National Laboratory)
Uranium Fuel Recycling for Radioisotope Production
Milan Stika (Niowave, Inc.), Terry L. Grimm (Niowave, Inc.), Robert N. Wahlen (Niowave, Inc.), Kristin Shannon (Niowave, Inc.), Christine Krizmanich (Niowave, Inc.), Nathan Johnson (Niowave, Inc.)
LiDAR Inspection of GPS Denied Hazardous Environment Exhaust Tunnel
Jane M. Carter (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Jean R. Plummer (Savannah River National Laboratory), William W. Wells (Savannah River National Laboratory)
Estimated Diffusion Out of a TRISO Particle Under Ambient Conditions
Amoret Bunn (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Caitlin Condon (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Philip J. Jensen (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Pavlo Ivanusa (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Military Vulnerabilities of Civilian Reactors: Some Cases for the Northeast Asian Nuclear Power Plants
Jungmin Kang (Independent Consultant)
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