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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Getting back to yes: A local perspective on decommissioning, restart, and responsibility
For 45 years, Duane Arnold Energy Center operated in Linn County, Ia., near the town of Palo and just northwest of Cedar Rapids. The facility, owned by NextEra Energy, was the only nuclear power plant in the state.
In August 2020, a historic derecho swept across eastern Iowa with winds approaching 140 miles per hour. Damage to the plant’s cooling towers accelerated a shutdown that had already been planned, and the facility entered decommissioning soon after, with its fuel removed in October of that year. Iowa’s only nuclear plant had gone off line.
Today the national energy landscape looks very different than it did just six short years ago. Electricity demand is rising rapidly as data centers, artificial intelligence infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and electrification expand across the country. Reliable, carbon-free baseload power has become increasingly valuable. In that context, Linn County has approved the rezoning necessary to support the recommissioning and restart of Duane Arnold and is actively supporting NextEra’s efforts to secure the remaining state and federal approvals.
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Session
Transport Methods and Reactor Physics
Technical Session
Sebastian Schunert (INL), Abdullah Weiss (NIST), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL)
2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
MCD
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST
Machine Learning and Data Assimilation
Sebastian Schunert (INL), SuJong Yoon (INL), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST
Nuclear Energy for Industrial Uses -- Bridging the Gap
Technical Session|Panel
Shannon M. Bragg-Sitton, Brian K. Grimes
Panelists: Shannon M. Bragg-Sitton (INL), Matthew A. Hertel (X-Energy), Luis DePavia (NuScale Power), Eric Thornsbury (EPRI)
OPD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST
Integrated Energy Systems Modeling and Simulation Challenges
Paul W. Talbot, Aaron S. Epiney
Panelists: Paul W. Talbot (INL), Richard B. Vilim (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Cesare Frepoli (FPoliSolutions)
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST
Multi-Physics Applications and Analysis
Frederick N. Gleicher (ORNL), Paul Talbot (INL), Aaron Epiney (INL)
RPD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST
Public-Private Partnerships for 3S Applied in Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Adam Williams (Sandia), Logan Scott (National Nuclear Security Administration)
Panelists: Chris Lohse (GAIN/INL), Kirsten Laurin-Kovitz (ANL), Joe Halackna (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)
NNPD
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST
Paper
Xenon Detection Using Double-Pulse Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
L.J. Garrett (Univ. Michigan), M. Burger (Univ. Michigan), Y. Lee (KAIST), H. Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), P. Sabharwall (INL), S. Choi (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), I. Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
IRD|Isotopes and Radiation: General I
Development of a Model for Irradiation-Induced Grain Growth in UO2 Thin Films
Md Ali Muntaha (Univ. Florida), Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida), Larry Aagesen (INL)
MSTD|Nuclear Fuels: II
Linear and Non-linear Optical Characterization of Glass and Sapphire for Optical Instrumentation of Advanced Fission Reactors
Bryan Morgan (Univ. Michigan), Matthew Van Zile (Ohio State), Christian Petrie (ORNL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Milos Burger (Univ. Michigan), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
MSTD|Irradiation Experiments and Facilities
Na-22 for Safeguarding and Mass Accounting of Molten Salt Systems
Matthew Van Zile (Ohio State), Andrew Kauffman (Ohio State), Kevin Herminghuysen (Ohio State), Shelly Li (Univ. Utah), Michael Simpson (Univ. Utah), Praneeth Kandlakunta (Ohio State), Guoping Cao (INL), Lei R. Cao (Ohio State)
FCWMD|Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycle Options
Monday, November 13, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST
Simulation of Gas Dynamics in the Chamber of Inertial Fusion Energy Systems Using State-of-the-Art Numerical Libraries
Nahom Habtemariam (TAMU), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU), Susana Reyes (Xcimer Energy), Sebastian Schunert (INL)
FED|Fusion Energy: General
The Effect of Point Reactor Kinetics Solvers on the Accuracy of Nuclear Reactor Simulations
Thabit Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
MCD|Computational Methods, Mathematical Modeling, and Uncertainty Quantification
Towards the Integration of Hydrogen Production with Nuclear with Model-Based Systems Engineering
Svetlana Lawrence (INL), Daniel R. Herber (Colorado State)
OPD|Hybrid and Integrated Energy Systems: II
Integrated Model of a Floating Maritime Nuclear System for Ammonia Production
Hanna Won (MIT), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Charles Forsberg (MIT), Giulio Gennaro (Core Power), Ioannis Kourasis (Core Power), Rory Megginson (Core Power), John Parsons (MIT)
A Survey of Proposed Standards and Regulations for Artificial Intelligence
Pedro Mena (Idaho State), Gunnar Babicz (Idaho State), Sindi Banda (Idaho State), Chris Spirito (INL), Leslie Kerby (Idaho State)
OPD|Operations and Power: General
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST
Implementation of a High-Fidelity Interface Resolving Method in Nek5000
Donna P. Guillen (INL), Nadish Saini (ANL), Dillon R. Shaver (ANL)
THD|Computational Fluid Dynamics: I
Candidate Data for Validation of Calculations for Systems Using High-Assay Low-Enrichment Uranium Fuel
Mark D. DeHart (INL), John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Germina Ilas (ORNL)
RPD|Reactor Physics of Advanced Reactors: II
Transient Multilayer Analytical Model of a Line Heat Source Probe for In-Pile Thermal Conductivity Measurements
Katelyn Wada (Boise State), Austin Fleming (INL), Joshua Eixenberger (Boise State), Brian Jaques (Boise State), David Estrada (Boise State)
ETWDD|Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards
Optical Basicity Determination of Molten Halide Salts
K. Buttice (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), A. Couet (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), R. Gakhar (INL)
ETWDD|Research by U.S. DOE NEUP Sponsored Students: I
The Nonproliferation Stewardship Program
Michael C. Miller (INL)
NNPD|Nonproliferation Stewardship Program
Initial Results of an In-Field Validation Exercise in Support of Wide Area Environmental Sampling
Robert Jubin (ORNL), Arden Dougan (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Paula Cable-Dunlap (ORNL), Brian Ticknor (ORNL), Joshua Hewitt (ORNL), Wendy Kuhne (SRNL), Kelly McHugh (PNNL), Sean Stave (PNNL), Nathan Stevens (INL)
NNPD|Safeguards Technology Advancements: I
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EST
Status Report on a Contemporary Assessment of Wide Area Environmental Sampling
Arden Dougan (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Paula Cable-Dunlap (ORNL), Jill Cooley (Y-12), Diane Fischer (ORNL), Robert Jubin (ORNL), Wendy Kuhne (SRNL), Kelly McHugh (PNNL), Sean Stave (PNNL), Nathan Stevens (INL)
Nuclear Innovation
Jack Fletcher (MIT)
Panelists: Lindsey Boles (Zeno Power), Haydn Bryan (INL), Sam Wurzel (ARPA-E Fusion)
Saturday, November 11, 2023|10:20–11:10AM EST
Empowerment via Mentoring
Pierre-Clément Simon (Idaho National Lab)
Panelists: Harsh S. Desai (Zeno Power), Lauren Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Tony Huff (INL), Lisa Marshall (NCSU)
Saturday, November 11, 2023|3:00–3:50PM EST
Research by U.S. DOE NEUP Sponsored Students: II
Andrew E. Thomas, Jenna Payne, Tyler Newitt (INL)
ETWDD
Computational Methods, Mathematical Modeling, and Uncertainty Quantification
Sebastian Schunert (INL), Miriam Kreher (LANL), Shikha Prasad (SLB)
Reactor Physics of Advanced Reactors: I
Massimiliano Fratoni (UCB), Nathan J. Roskoff, Guillaume Giudicelli (INL)
Computational Thermal Hydraulics: I
Vivek Rao (ORNL), Donna P. Guillen (INL)
THD
Computational Thermal Hydraulics: II
Izabela Gutowska (OSU), Prashant Jain (ORNL), SuJong Yoon (INL)
Advances in Material Science and Thermal Hydraulics for Lead Cooled Fast Reactors: I
Rory Kennedy (INL), Jun Liao (WEC)
THD|Cosponsored by MSTD
Nonproliferation Stewardship Program
Heather Dion (LANL), Michael Miller (INL)
Organization Participant
Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF)
Exhibitor Profile
Glenn T. Seaborg Institute - Idaho National Laboratory - Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
Idaho National Laboratory
Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) - Battelle Energy Alliance (Idaho National Laboratory)
