ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Latest Magazine Issues
May 2026
Jan 2026
2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
June 2026
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
Latest News
Getting back to yes: A local perspective on decommissioning, restart, and responsibility
For 45 years, Duane Arnold Energy Center operated in Linn County, Ia., near the town of Palo and just northwest of Cedar Rapids. The facility, owned by NextEra Energy, was the only nuclear power plant in the state.
In August 2020, a historic derecho swept across eastern Iowa with winds approaching 140 miles per hour. Damage to the plant’s cooling towers accelerated a shutdown that had already been planned, and the facility entered decommissioning soon after, with its fuel removed in October of that year. Iowa’s only nuclear plant had gone off line.
Today the national energy landscape looks very different than it did just six short years ago. Electricity demand is rising rapidly as data centers, artificial intelligence infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and electrification expand across the country. Reliable, carbon-free baseload power has become increasingly valuable. In that context, Linn County has approved the rezoning necessary to support the recommissioning and restart of Duane Arnold and is actively supporting NextEra’s efforts to secure the remaining state and federal approvals.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|4:50–6:30PM EST
Session Chair:
J. Rory Kennedy
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Staff Producer:
Jessie Vazquez (American Nuclear Society)
To access the session recording, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Post-Irradiation Examination System Development for Irradiated Optical Components of In-Situ Spectroscopic Sensors
Bryan Morgan (University of Michigan Ann Arbor), Igor Jovanovic (University of Michigan), Paul Marotta (Micro Nuclear LLC), Piyush Sabharwall (Idaho National Laboratory), Milos Burger (University of Michigan), Patrick Skrodzki (University of Michigan)
Paper
Presentation Video (Visible to Attendees)
Comparative oxidation studies of glassy carbon and nuclear graphite in air
Yaqiao Wu (Boise State University), John Stempien (Idaho National Laboratory), Junhua Jiang (Idaho National Laboratory)
Impact of Ionizing Irradiation on Surface Wettability: Fundamentals and Application in Engineering Superhydrophobic Surfaces
Arunkumar Seshadri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Eric C. Forrest (Sandia National Laboratories), Bren A. Philips (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Koroush Shirvan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Preparation of U-10Zr Alloys for Irradiation Testing in the Advanced Test Reactor to Enable MARMOT Assessment and Validation
Doug L. Porter (Idaho National Laboratory), Mitchell K. Meyer (Idaho National Laboratory), Karim Ahmed (Texas A&M University), J. K. Jewell (Idaho National Laboratory), Laura Sudderth (Idaho National Laboratory), Moiz I. Butt (Texas A&M University), Sean M. McDeavitt (Texas A&M University)
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
