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2026 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 15–18, 2026
Phoenix, AZ|Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
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Five companies, five bases: The Army’s Janus Program takes shape
Between the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses and Nuclear Energy Launch Pad programs, August has already been a busy month for federal partnerships with the nuclear industry.
That trend continues: On Wednesday, the Department of the Army announced that it has selected five nuclear reactor developers—Antares Nuclear, BWXT Advanced Technologies, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, Radiant Industries, and Westinghouse Government Services—each paired with a different military installation, for its Janus Program.
This week, the nuclear community descended on Dallas, Texas, for the second annual Nuclear Energy Conference and Expo, the premier industry-focused nuclear conference cohosted by the American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute. Among the plenary panelists was Jeff Waksman, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy, and environment. Waksman has been closely involved in the development of the Janus Program, and the morning before the program’s new selections were unveiled, he provided insights on its ultimate goals at NECX 2026.
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Thursday, December 2, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Lincoln East
Session Chair:
Yongqiang Wang (LANL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Philip L. Cole
Student Assistant:
Mereym Murphy
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Investigating Radiation Effects in Materials using State-of-the-Art Particle Accelerators
1:05–1:25PM EST
Devon Drey (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Maik Lang (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Eric O'Quinn (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Will Cureton (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Changyong Park (ANL), David Sprouster (State Univ. of New York), Joerg Neuefeind (ORNL), Christina Trautmann (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung)
Paper
Application of Particle Accelerators to the Degradation of Materials in the Nuclear Reactor Core Environment
1:25–1:45PM EST
Gary S. Was (Univ. of Michigan)
The coupled effects of irradiation and corrosion on materials
1:45–2:05PM EST
Blas P. Uberuaga (LANL)
Ultra-high temperature ion irradiation effects in nuclear materials
2:05–2:25PM EST
Di Chen (Univ. of Houston)
Effects of Carbon and DPA Rates on Void Nucleation in Self-Ion-Irradiated Pure Iron
2:25–2:45PM EST
Zhihan Hu (TAMU), Lin Shao (TAMU)