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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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2025 annual assessments out for U.S. reactors
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released its 2025 annual performance assessments of the country’s 95 operating commercial nuclear reactors. And of the 95 reactors, all but five earned the highest marks.
Nuclear power plant assessments can fall under one of five categories: Licensee Response, Regulatory Response, Degraded Cornerstone, Degraded Performance, and Unacceptable Performance. Ninety reactors fell under Licensee Response, the highest performance category in safety and security. Plants that achieve this level of performance are subject to a Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) baseline inspection.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|3:15–4:20PM MST|Mesquite
Session Chair:
Lauren Richmond (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Daniel Bullen (DNFSB)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Handbook of Neutron Absorber Materials for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Transportation Applications
3:15–3:35PM MST
Amanda Jenks (Dominion Engineering), Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)
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UNF-ST&DARDS: Update of the Unified Spent Nuclear Fuel Database
3:35–3:55PM MST
Peter Stefanovic (ORNL), Paul Miller (PNNL), Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL)
Droplet Evaporation for Particle Deposition Models for Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Systems
3:55–4:15PM MST
Sarah R. Suffield (PNNL), Philip Jensen (PNNL), William Perkins (PNNL), Brady Hanson (PNNL), Steven Ross (PNNL)
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