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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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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|Panel|Sponsored by NCSD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|2:30–4:15PM EST
Session Chair:
Katherin L. Goluoglu
Alternate Chair:
Vladimir Sobes
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Janice Lindegard (American Nuclear Society)
The purpose of this tutorial is to provide a basic understanding of the chemistry that is necessary to analyze the criticality safety problems that can arise during chemical separation operations. This tutorial will begin with the session at the winter conference, and then will continue as a series of Tuesday webinars.
Howard Greenwood
National Nuclear Laboratory
Charles Goergen
Nu-Clear Vision Consulting, LLC
Heather Pridemore
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC
Lon Paulson
GE Hitachi/Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas
Tracy Stover
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Dimitris Killinger
Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
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