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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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U.K. vision for fusion
The U.K. government has announced a series of initiatives to progress fusion to commercialization, laid out in a fusion strategy policy paper published March 16. A New Energy Revolution: The UK’s Plan for Delivering Fusion Energy begins to describe how the government’s £2.5 billion (about $3.4 billion) investment in fusion research and development over five years will be allocated.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by THD
Monday, November 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 8
Session Chair:
Ashley Finan (National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC))
Alternate Chair:
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Session Organizer:
The Department of Energy (DOE) granted demonstration and risk reduction awards to multiple U.S. companies via the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). This panel will focus on technical updates from vendors pursuing reactor demonstrations such as Xe-100, Natrium, Hermes, and the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE). The panel will primarily focus on the technical design challenges of the reactor systems, and recent progress in demonstration efforts.
Matt Hertel
X-energy
James Vollmer
Terrapower (Natrium)
Per Peterson
Kairos Power
Brandon Chisholm
Southern Co.
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