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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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From SPARC to ARC: CFS prepares for a first-of-a-kind fusion plant
Commonwealth Fusion Systems makes no small plans. The company wants to build a 400-MWe magnetic confinement fusion power plant called ARC near Richmond, Va., and begin operating it in the early 2030s. And the plans don’t end there. CFS wants to deploy “thousands” of fusion power plants capable of accelerating a global energy transition.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by FCWMD
Monday, November 13, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Fairchild East/West
Session Chair:
Andrew Griffith (Retired)
Alternate Chairs:
Sven O. Bader (Orano Federal Services)
Jean-Francois Lucchini
Session Organizer:
The FCWMD has approximately 12 standards maintained by the FWDCC. Many of these standards are endorsed by the NRC and written to support the existing LWR fleet of reactors (e.g., ANS‐57.1‐1992 Design Requirements for LWR Fuel Handling Systems). However, with the significant effort under way to develop and deploy advanced reactor (AR) concepts, many of these standards may either not apply to these AR concepts or require exemptions to be utilized to allow for their application. This panel will discuss the FWDCC maintained standards and identify potential issues and needs to update them to allow for their application to ARs.
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