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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Amended DOE standard contract reduces SNF responsibility, report says
While changes the Department of Energy made to its standard contract for accepting spent nuclear fuel may help reduce federal liabilities, they provide “little to no assurance” that the government will ever follow through on its promise to take possession of the fuel, according to commentary from Matt Bowen and Rama T. Ponangi of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by RPD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Robert Hill (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Tim Beville (DOE)
Staff Producer:
Julie Bry (American Nuclear Society)
A new domestic Program to support demonstrations of advanced reactor technologies has been initiated by DOE. Recently, two cost-share projects for near-term reactor demonstrations were announced. At this session, TerraPower and XEnergy will outline demonstration plans for their advanced reactor concepts.
Tim Beville
DOE
Darren Gale
X-energy
Tara Neider
TerraPower
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