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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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NRC proposes rule changes in response to EO
In April, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14270, “Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American Energy,” which calls for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (along with the Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency) to issue a “sunset rule” to effectively nullify certain regulations in no more than five years.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Jefferson West
Session Chair:
Annabelle Le Coq
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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Conceptual Neutronics Scoping for Ramp Testing in the Advanced Test Reactor
1:00–1:20PM EST
Travis Labossiere-Hickman (INL), Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL), Brian Durtschi (INL), David Kamerman (INL)
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Feasibility of Power Ramp Testing in the Advanced Test Reactor
1:20–1:40PM EST
Michael J. Worrall (INL), Nate S. Oldham (INL), Kendell R. Horman (INL)
Towards High-Throughput Alloy Development for Nuclear Reactor Applications
1:40–2:00PM EST
Jonathan Gigax (LANL), Hyosim Kim (LANL), Matthew Chancey (LANL), Jon Kevin Baldwin (LANL)
Predicting the Transmutation of Fuel Taggants
2:00–2:20PM EST
Elijah C. Lutz (Sandia), Jeremy M. Osborn (Sandia)
Linear and Non-linear Optical Characterization of Glass and Sapphire for Optical Instrumentation of Advanced Fission Reactors
2:20–2:40PM EST
Bryan Morgan (Univ. Michigan), Matthew Van Zile (Ohio State), Christian Petrie (ORNL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Milos Burger (Univ. Michigan), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan)
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