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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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New PM, restarts, ongoing cleanup on 15th anniversary of Fukushima accident
Where do Japan and its nuclear energy ambitions stand 15 years after the devastating magnitude 9.0 earthquake of March 11, 2011, a destructive tsunami, and an accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant ground them to a halt?
A look at developments within the last year involving Japan’s political leadership, international relations, its fleet of nuclear plants, and the ongoing cleanup and decommissioning at Fukushima shows an island country pushing nuclear to the forefront of its energy plans.
General Chair:
Amir Vexler (President and Chief Executive Officer, Orano USA)
Assistant General Chair:
Dorothy Davidson (Orano, USA)
Technical Program Chair:
Piyush Sabharwall (Idaho National Laboratory)
Assistant Technical Program Chairs:
Rui Hu (Argonne National Laboratory)
Jef Lucchini (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Student Program Cochairs:
Jillian Newmyer (Oregon State University)
Evan Gonzalez (University of Michigan)
