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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DOE awards $2.7B for HALEU and LEU enrichment
Yesterday, the Department of Energy announced that three enrichment services companies have been awarded task orders worth $900 million each. Those task orders were given to American Centrifuge Operating (a Centrus Energy subsidiary) and General Matter, both of which will develop domestic HALEU enrichment capacity, along with Orano Federal Services, which will build domestic LEU enrichment capacity.
The DOE also announced that it has awarded Global Laser Enrichment an additional $28 million to continue advancing next generation enrichment technology.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Jasmine C
Session Chair:
Simon Pimblott (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Raman Investigation of MoF6 Hydrolysis: A Non-Radiological Surrogate for UF6 Hydrolysis
8:00–8:20AM PDT
Brandon T. Yost (SRNL), Louis Mcnamara (SRNL), Nicholas Groden (SRNL)
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Structural Transformations in Uranothorite Under Pressure
8:20–8:40AM PDT
Shinhyo Bang (Washington State), Andrew Strzelecki (LANL), Jason L. Baker (LANL), Nicolas Dacheux (ICSM), Hongwu Xu (LANL), Xiaofeng Guo (Washington State)
Generation III 238Pu Production Target Hydraulic Characterization
8:40–9:00AM PDT
Nick Russell (ORNL), Nolan Goth (ORNL), Richard Howard (ORNL), Jim Nash (ORNL)
A Method Comparison for Releasing Trapped Radionuclides from Solid Matrices
9:00–9:20AM PDT
B.R. Hackett (PNNL), A.M. Whitehill (PNNL), E.K. Mace (PNNL)
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