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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Nano to begin drilling next week in Illinois
It’s been a good month for Nano Nuclear in the state of Illinois. On October 7, the Office of Governor J.B. Pritzker announced that the company would be awarded $6.8 million from the Reimagining Energy and Vehicles in Illinois Act to help fund the development of its new regional research and development facility in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Sonoran 1
Session Chair:
Katie Biegel (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Ryan Spangler (Univ. Pittsburgh)
Session Organizer:
William N. Mann
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A Techno-Economic Analysis of Small Modular Reactors Versus Other Distributed Energy Resources and Wholesale Electricity Purchases for Fueling Decarbonized Heavy Duty Vehicles
3:15–3:35PM MST
An Pham (Univ. Michigan), Larson Lovdal (Univ. Michigan), Tianyi Zhang (Univ. Michigan), Michael T. Craig (Univ. Michigan)
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Economic Dispatch Optimization of Multi-Unit SMR Site
3:35–3:55PM MST
Saeed Alhadhrami (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gabriel J. Soto (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Rational Economic Comparison of Dispatchable and Intermittent Zero-Carbon Resources
3:55–4:15PM MST
Mike Granowski (Roland Berger), Elliot Creem (Roland Berger), Rishi Iyengar (Roland Berger)
Determining Economic Efficacy of a Microreactor Within a University Campus
4:15–4:35PM MST
L. Wodrich (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), A.J.H. Lee (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), C.S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), T. Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Analysis of Construction Delay Risks for Nuclear Projects
4:35–4:55PM MST
W. Robb Stewart (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
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