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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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OSTP memo guides space nuclear plan
A White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memorandum released on Tuesday guides NASA, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense on their roles in deploying near-term space nuclear power.
This follows a series of NASA announcements last month—driven by the executive order “Ensuring American Space Superiority,” issued by Trump in December—including an ambitious timeline for establishing a moon base, which would rely on fission surface power (FSP) to survive the long lunar night at the moon’s south pole, and plans for a nuclear electric propulsion (NEP) rocket to be launched in 2028.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Mesquite
Session Chair:
Yadu Sasikumar (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Peter Henry (Orano)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Characterization of the Aerosol Source Term in Dry Storage Canisters
3:15–3:35PM MST
Andrew M. Casella (PNNL), Mark Lanza (PNNL), Brady Hanson (PNNL), Samuel Durbin (Sandia), Jesse Phillips (Sandia)
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A Study to Identify the Initial Conditions of Spent Nuclear Fuels for Dry Storage in Korea
3:35–3:55PM MST
Hyeong Koo Kim (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Joungyeul Lee (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Seongki Lee (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Jongsung Yoo (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Yongdeog Kim (KHNP-CRI)
Predicting Localized Pitting Corrosion on Austenitic Stainless Steels Utilized in Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
3:55–4:15PM MST
R.M. Katona (Sandia), L.N. Gilkey (Sandia), N. Porter (Sandia), D. Brooks (Sandia), C.R. Bryan (Sandia), R.F. Schaller (Sandia)
Finite Element Modeling of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Dry Storage Under Seismic Excitation
4:15–4:35PM MST
Kevin Kadooka (PNNL), Nicholas Klymyshyn (PNNL), James Fitzpatrick (PNNL), Nathan Barrett (PNNL)
Pressurized Water Reactor Dashpot Region Response to Commercial Drying Cycles
4:35–4:55PM MST
Ramon J.M. Pulido (Sandia), Anna Taconi (Sandia), Alex Salazar (Sandia), Raymond Fasano (Sandia), Samuel G. Durbin (Sandia)
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