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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Aalo Atomics discusses the road ahead
Yasir Arafat, president and chief technology officer of Aalo Atomics, participated in the first day of sessions at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s annual Regulatory Information Conference (RIC). There, he recapped some of the company’s recent milestones and revealed new details on what lies ahead for Aalo.
His attendance at the event coincided with a number of announcements in the past two weeks. Those announcements covered new contracts with Global Nuclear Fuel and Baker Hughes, the release of a new strategic roadmap, the completion of fuel enrichment by Urenco USA, and a new approval from the Department of Energy.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Monday, November 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Mesquite
Session Chair:
David Richmond (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Peter Henry (Orano)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Fuel Assembly Inspection After Extended Dry Storage
1:00–1:20PM MST
Robert Hall (EPRI), John Massari (Constellation Nuclear)
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316L Stainless Steel Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing and Characterization for Potential SNF Canister Production
1:20–1:40PM MST
Wei Tang (ORNL), Dominic Giuliano (ORNL), Oscar Martinez (ORNL), Kaushik Banerjee (ORNL), Andrzej Nycz (ORNL), Maxim Gussev (ORNL), Luke Meyer (ORNL), Derek Vaughan (ORNL)
Cold Spray Deposition and Surface Peening Technologies to Mitigate Stress Corrosion Cracking in Used Nuclear Fuel Storage Stainless Steel Canisters
1:40–2:00PM MST
Hwasung Yeom (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Nicholas Pocquette (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), John Lacy (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Jonathan Tatman (EPRI), Kenneth Ross (PNNL), Frank Pfefferkorn (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Kumar Sridharan (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Development of a Drying Rig for AGR Fuel
2:00–2:20PM MST
James B. Goode (National Nuclear Laboratory), Marissa D. Morales Moctezuma (National Nuclear Laboratory), David I. Hambley (National Nuclear Laboratory)
Accelerated Relevant Atmospheric Corrosion Testing of Austenitic Stainless Steel for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Environments
2:20–2:40PM MST
R.F. Schaller (Sandia), A. Knight (Sandia), R.M. Katona (Sandia), J. Taylor (Sandia), T. Montoya (Univ. Virginia), E. Karasz (Sandia), C.R. Bryan (Sandia)
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