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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|Sponsored by OPD
Monday, November 16, 2020|1:00–3:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Catherine M. Prat (*Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Alternate Chair:
W. Neal Mann (The University of Texas at Austin)
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Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
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An Overview of the Integrated Energy System Investigation of the Eastman Chemical Company Kingsport, Tennessee, Facility
Michael S. Greenwood (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Whitney Tharp (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Mike Muhlheim (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Bob Zhang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Randy Belles (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Mike Poore (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Riley Cumberland (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jordan Rader (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Askin G. Yigitoglu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Echo State Networks for Renewable Energy Forecasting
Kathryn D. Huff (University of Illinois), Sam Dotson (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
Development of a Tool for Evaluating Nuclear Integrated Energy Systems Profitability For Existing Reactors
James Richards (University of Idaho), R. A. Borrelli (University of Idaho)
Low-Carbon Power for Government Installations using Nuclear Micro-Reactors
Michael Corradini (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Paul P. Wilson (University of Wisconsin - Madison), James Parke (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Antara Khadria (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Danjing Lei (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Ryan M. Dailey (University of Wisconsin Madison)
Preliminary Economic Evaluation of Hydrogen Co-Generation at a Nuclear Power Plant in a Regulated Market
Lane T. Knighton (Idaho National Laboratory), Daniel S. Wendt (Idaho National Laboratory), Cristian Rabiti (Idaho National Laboratory), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (Idaho National Laboratory)
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