Schedule Timeline

Schedule is subject to change

Monday — May 23, 2022

7:00AM PDT

Events

Technical Journals Committee (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

Tuesday — May 24, 2022

11:00AM PDT

Events

Mathematics and Computation Division Program and Executive (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

Wednesday — May 25, 2022

12:00PM PDT

Events

Finance Committee (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

Tuesday — May 31, 2022

9:00AM PDT

Events

Honors & Awards Committee (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

10:00AM PDT

Events

Young Members Group Executive Committee (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings
Publications Steering Commitee (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

Thursday — June 2, 2022

8:00AM PDT

Events

Scholarship Policy & Coordination Committee (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

9:00AM PDT

Events

Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences Division Executive Committee Meeting and Technical Program Meeting (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

10:00AM PDT

Events

Local Sections Committee Business Meeting (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

Friday — June 3, 2022

8:00AM PDT

Events

Alpha Nu Sigma National Honor Society (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

9:00AM PDT

Events

Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division Technical Program Committee (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

10:00AM PDT

Events

Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division Executive Committee (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

12:00PM PDT

Events

Reactor Physics Division Program (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

1:00PM PDT

Events

Reactor Physics Division Executive (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

Sunday — June 5, 2022

7:00AM PDT

Events

Thermal Hydraulics Division (THD) Program Committee Meeting (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

9:00AM PDT

Events

Thermal Hydraulics Division (THD) Executive Committee Meeting (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

10:00AM PDT

Events

Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls Division (HFICD) Executive Committee Meeting and Technical Program Meeting (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

Tuesday — June 7, 2022

2:30PM PDT

Events

Nuclear Installations Safety Division (NISD) Program Committee Meeting (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

Wednesday — June 8, 2022

12:00PM PDT

Events

Radiation Protection & Shielding Division (RPSD) Executive Committee Meeting (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

1:00PM PDT

Events

Education, Training & Workforce Development Division (ETWDD) Executive Committee Meeting (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

2:30PM PDT

Events

Nuclear Installations Safety Division (NISD) Executive Committee Meeting (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

Friday — June 10, 2022

10:00AM PDT

Events

Isotopes & Radiation Division (IRD) Executive Committee Meeting (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

Saturday — June 11, 2022

10:00AM PDT

Events

Book Publishing Committee (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

Sunday — June 12, 2022

7:30AM PDT

Events

President's Breakfast for Division and Committee Chairs (Hybrid) (Pacific A) — Committee Meetings

8:00AM PDT

Events

Criticality Calculations using MCNP6.3 (Avila A) — Tutorials for NCSD 2022
Using the SCALE Sampler Sequence for Uncertainty Quantification and Parametric Studies (Avila B) — Tutorials for NCSD 2022

9:00AM PDT

Events

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division (NCSD) Education Meeting (Hybrid) (San Clemente) — Committee Meetings
Professional Divisions Committee (Hybrid) (Pacific A) — Committee Meetings

10:00AM PDT

Events

Meetings Proceedings & Transactions Committee (Oceanside) — Committee Meetings
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division (NCSD) Technical Program Meeting (Hybrid) (San Clemente) — Committee Meetings

11:00AM PDT

Events

APPC Annual Meeting (Catalina 5) — Committee Meetings
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division (NCSD) Executive Meeting (Hybrid) (San Clemente) — Committee Meetings

12:00PM PDT

Events

Fuel Cycle & Waste Management Division (FCWMD) Program Committee Meeting (Catalina 5) — Committee Meetings
National Program Committee - Screening (Oceanside) — Committee Meetings
Robotics & Remote Systems Division (RRSD) Executive Committee Meeting (Mezzanine 6) — Committee Meetings

1:00PM PDT

Events

Bylaws and Rules Committee (BRC) Committee Meeting (Hybrid) (Mezzanine 14) — Committee Meetings
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management Division (FCWMD) Executive Committee Meeting (Catalina 5) — Committee Meetings
Aerospace Nuclear Science & Technology Division (ANSTD) Executive Committee Meeting (Hybrid) (Mezzanine 2) — Committee Meetings
TAE Technologies Tour (TOFE Attendees) — Events

2:00PM PDT

Events

Local Sections Committee (LSC) Annual Meeting (Hybrid) (Oceanside) — Committee Meetings
Benchmarking in Today’s World (Avila A) — Tutorials for NCSD 2022
Using UNF-ST&NDARDS for Criticality Analysis of Spent Fuel Systems (Avila B) — Tutorials for NCSD 2022
Registration open from 2:00-7:00 pm (Pacific Foyer) — Registration Desk Hours

3:00PM PDT

Events

Thermal Hydraulics Division (THD) Open Meeting (Mezzanine 3) — Committee Meetings
PEEC Business Meeting (Mezzanine 1) — Committee Meetings

4:00PM PDT

Events

Young Members Group (YMG) Program Committee Meeting (San Clemente) — Committee Meetings
Student Program Meeting (Oceanside) — Committee Meetings
NEDHO (Mezzanine 14) — Committee Meetings
Operations & Power Division (OPD) Program and Executive Committee Meeting (Hybrid) (Catalina 5) — Committee Meetings

6:00PM PDT

Events

ANS President's Opening Reception (Sunset Deck) — Events

8:30PM PDT

Events

Young Members Group (YMG) Social (Mix Lounge at the Hilton Anaheim) — Events

Monday — June 13, 2022

7:00AM PDT

Events

Continental Breakfast (Pacific C) — Breaks and Meals
Registration open from 7:00 am-5:00 pm (Pacific Foyer) — Registration Desk Hours

8:00AM PDT

Sessions

2022 ANS Annual Meeting

Opening Plenary: The New Outlook (Pacific D)

11:00AM PDT

Events

Career Fair open 11:00 am-1:00 pm (Pacific C) — Events

11:30AM PDT

Events

National Meeting Committee (Oceanside) — Committee Meetings
Lunch (Pacific C) — Breaks and Meals

1:00PM PDT

Sessions

2022 ANS Annual Meeting

Not all Plutonium is Created Equal? (Pacific A)
Decommissioning: General (El Capitan A)
Recent Advances in Human Factors and Instrumentation and Control (El Capitan B)
Isotopes and Radiation: General--I (Avila A)
Current Issues in Computational Methods -- Roundtable (Avila B)
Fuel and Materials for Molten Salt Reactors: I (Malibu)
Current Topics in Probabilistic Risk Analysis (Capistrano A)
Cross-Cutting Research and Development Under US DOE Microreactor Program (San Simeon A)
Early Career Reactor Physicist Award (Carmel)
Radiation Protection and Shielding: General (San Simeon B)

Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)

ATH Plenary: Advanced Reactors Supporting Net-Zero Emissions (Palos Verdes A/B)

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)

NCSD 2022 Opening Plenary: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future (Laguna A)

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

TOFE Plenary I (Huntington B/C)

Events

Fuel, Waste, and Decommissioning Consensus Committee (FWDCC) (Mezzanine 14) — Committee Meetings
Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C) (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

2:25PM PDT

Sessions

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)

Codes, Data, and Methods Lightning Talks (Laguna A)
Knowledge Transfer -- Education, Professional Development, and Training Lightning Talks (Laguna A)

2:45PM PDT

Events

Coffee Break (Pacific C) — Breaks and Meals

3:15PM PDT

Sessions

2022 ANS Annual Meeting

Breaking Through: Assessing the Current State and Prospects of Nuclear Innovation in the Race to Decarbonize (Pacific A)
Safeguards and Security Challenges for Advanced Reactor Fuel and Waste Streams (Santa Monica)
Monitoring, Diagnostics, and Prognostics and Risk-Informed Operations and Maintenance Planning (El Capitan B)
Isotopes and Radiation: General--II (Avila A)
Fuel and Materials for Molten Salt Reactors: II (Malibu)
Operations and Power: General (San Simeon A)
Modeling Nuclear Power Plant Market Deployments (Capistrano A)
Reactor Physics: General (Carmel)
Radiation Detection (San Simeon B)
Navigating Conversations with Managers (Avila B)

Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)

Thermal Hydraulics Needs, Challenges and Opportunities In the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (Palos Verdes A/B)
Optimization of Fluid-Surface Interface Heat Transfer and Interactions (Manhattan)
Thermal Hydraulics of Research and Test Reactors (Redondo)

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)

Innovative Technologies and Thinking (Laguna B)
Codes, Data, and Methods: I (Laguna A)

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

Fusion Research Facilities: I (Huntington A)
Safety and Environment (Huntington B/C)

5:15PM PDT

Sessions

Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)

2022 Advances in Thermal Hydraulics Award Ceremony (Palos Verdes A/B)

6:00PM PDT

Events

Fusion Energy Division (FED) Executive Committee Meeting (Monterey) — Committee Meetings
Student Section Committee (Oceanside) — Committee Meetings
OPD Dinner (Roy's Restaurant) — Events

6:30PM PDT

Events

Materials Science & Technology Division Program and Executive Committee Meetings (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings

8:00PM PDT

Events

TOFE and Diversity & Inclusion in ANS (DIA) Committee Joint Social (Pacific A) — Events

Tuesday — June 14, 2022

7:00AM PDT

Events

Registration open from 7:00 am-5:00 pm (Pacific Foyer) — Registration Desk Hours

7:30AM PDT

Events

Continental Breakfast (Pacific C) — Breaks and Meals
Breakfast Career Fair open 7:30-8:00 am (Pacific C) — Events

8:00AM PDT

Sessions

2022 ANS Annual Meeting

President’s Special Session: The Nuclear Grand Challenges: Moving the Needle (Pacific D)

Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)

THD 2021 Technical Achievement Award (TAA) Lecture I - Modeling, Validation, Scaling, Uncertainty and Application in Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics (Palos Verdes A/B)
ATH Keynote I - Overview of Kairos Power’s Thermal Hydraulic Testing (Manhattan)

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)

Lessons Learned in Nuclear Criticality Safety: I (El Capitan A)
Fuel Storage, Transportation, and Disposal: I (Laguna A)

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

TOFE Plenary II (Huntington B/C)

8:30AM PDT

Events

Standards Board (Monterey) — Committee Meetings

9:45AM PDT

Events

Coffee Break (Pacific C) — Breaks and Meals

10:15AM PDT

Sessions

2022 ANS Annual Meeting

The New Fusion Outlook (Pacific A)
Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation (Santa Monica)
Cybersecurity of Nuclear Installations (El Capitan B)
Art of the Possible: Expanding the Potential of University Nuclear Programs Through Enhanced Infrastructure Investments (Avila A)
Transport Methods (Avila B)
Nuclear Science User Facilities: I (Malibu)
Digital Twins for Risk and Safety Assessments (Capistrano A)
Overview of the MARVEL Project (Carmel)

Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)

Microreactor Thermal Hydraulics (Palos Verdes A/B)
NEAMS TH IRP: Thermal-Fluids Applications in Nuclear Energy: I (Manhattan)
Artificial Intelligence in Thermal Hydraulics (Redondo)

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)

Operational Practices (El Capitan A)
Codes, Data, and Methods: II (Laguna A)

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

The New Fusion Outlook Executive Session (Pacific A)

11:00AM PDT

Events

Career Fair open 11:00 am-1:00 pm (Pacific C) — Events

12:00PM PDT

Events

Lunch (Pacific C) — Breaks and Meals
National Program Committee (Oceanside) — Committee Meetings

1:00PM PDT

Sessions

2022 ANS Annual Meeting

Cutting-Edge Techniques in Education, Training, and Distance Education: I (El Capitan A)
Molten Salt Properties, Chemistry and Corrosion -- Industrial Needs (Santa Monica)
Standards for Digital I&C (El Capitan B)
Space Reactor and Advanced Analysis Techniques (Avila B)
Nuclear Science User Facilities: II (Malibu)
Technology and Policy Advancements in Nuclear Nonproliferation (Avila A)
Hybrid and Integrated Energy Systems: I (San Simeon A)
Reactor Analysis Methods (Carmel)
The Intersection of Nuclear Energy and Social Justice (San Simeon B)

Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)

In Memorium: James Sienicki (Palos Verdes A/B)
NEAMS TH IRP: Thermal-Fluids Applications in Nuclear Energy: II (Manhattan)
Young Professional Thermal-Hydraulic Research Competition: I (Redondo)

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)

Experiments and Benchmarks: I (Pacific A)
Criticality Control of HALEU for Commercial LWRs (Laguna A)

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

Solid Breeder Blankets (Huntington B/C)
Industry Focus (Huntington A)

Events

External Affairs Committee (Mezzanine 14) — Committee Meetings

2:45PM PDT

Events

Coffee Break (Pacific C) — Breaks and Meals

3:15PM PDT

Sessions

2022 ANS Annual Meeting

The Nuclear Metaverse: The Promise and Limits of Digital Twins (Pacific A)
Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology (Avila A)
Cutting-Edge Techniques in Education, Training, and Distance Education: II (El Capitan A)
Fuel Cycle and Waste Management: General (Santa Monica)
The Human Factors Imperative for the Next Generation of Nuclear Power: Ensuring Efficiency, Safety, and Licensability of New Reactors (El Capitan B)
Computational Methods (Avila B)
Accident Tolerant Fuels (Malibu)
Nuclear Installations Safety: General--I (Capistrano A)
Hybrid and Integrated Energy Systems: II (San Simeon A)
Reactor Physics of Advanced Reactors (Carmel)

Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)

Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (Palos Verdes A/B)
NEAMS TH IRP: Thermal-Fluids Applications in Nuclear Energy: III (Manhattan)
Young Professional Thermal-Hydraulic Research Competition: II (Redondo)

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)

Codes, Data, and Methods: III (Laguna A)
Knowledge Transfer - Education, Professional Development, and Training (San Simeon B)

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

Plasma Engineering (Huntington A)
High Heat Flux Components / Materials (Huntington B/C)

6:00PM PDT

Events

Celebrating ANS Dinner (Tickets available for purchase) (Pacific C) — Events

Wednesday — June 15, 2022

7:00AM PDT

Events

Registration open from 7:00 am-5:00 pm (Pacific Foyer) — Registration Desk Hours

7:30AM PDT

Events

Continental Breakfast (Pacific C) — Breaks and Meals

8:00AM PDT

Sessions

2022 ANS Annual Meeting

The Need for Sustainable Alpha-Related Skills Development (Santa Monica)
Nuclear Fuels: I (Malibu)
Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Power Systems I: Gas-Cooled Reactors (San Simeon A)

Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)

THD 2021 Technical Achievement Award (TAA) Lecture II - On the Scalability of Validation Data for Safety Evaluation of Light Water Reactors (Palos Verdes A/B)
ATH Keynote II - Nuclear Safety Research with Open Source CFD Software (Manhattan)

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)

International Perspectives on Post-Closure Criticality Safety Analysis (Laguna A)
Lessons Learned in Nuclear Criticality Safety: II (El Capitan A)
International Perspectives on Post-Closure Criticality Safety Analysis (Laguna A)

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

Fusion Research Facilities: II (Huntington A)
Materials: Corrosion, Irradiation, and Materials Development (Huntington B/C)

Events

ANS-57.11, Integrated Safety Assessments for Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities (Mezzanine 14) — Committee Meetings

8:30AM PDT

Sessions

2022 ANS Annual Meeting

The war in Ukraine and its global and national impacts on the American nuclear enterprise (Pacific A)

9:45AM PDT

Events

Coffee Break (Pacific C) — Breaks and Meals

10:00AM PDT

Events

Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities Consensus Committee (Salinas) — Committee Meetings

10:15AM PDT

Sessions

2022 ANS Annual Meeting

Diablo Canyon & California: Facing the realities of California's energy challenges? (Pacific A)
Waste Stabilization and Repository Science (Santa Monica)
Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Nuclear Power (El Capitan B)
Physics Modeling and Benchmarking (Avila B)
Nuclear Fuels: II (Malibu)
Nuclear Installations Safety: General--II (Capistrano A)
Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Power Systems II: Microreactors (San Simeon A)
Advances in Reactor Design Methods (Carmel)

Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)

Two-Phase and Boiling Flows: Experiment, Modeling and Simulation: I (Manhattan)
Natural Convection (Palos Verdes A/B)
Thermal Hydraulics of LWR Operations and Safety (San Simeon B)
Molten-Salt Reactor Thermal Hydraulics: I (Redondo)

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)

Operational Practices and D&D (El Capitan A)
Fuel Storage, Transportation, and Disposal: II (Laguna A)

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

Neutronics (Huntington B/C)
Tritium Systems (Huntington A)

12:00PM PDT

Events

Lunch (Pacific C) — Breaks and Meals
Public Policy Committee (Monterey) — Committee Meetings

1:00PM PDT

Sessions

2022 ANS Annual Meeting

Advice on Consent Siting Interim Storage Facilities Without Yucca Mountain (Pacific A)
Sensors and Measurements (El Capitan B)
Uncertainty Quantification and Machine Learning (Avila B)
Irradiation Experiments for Nuclear Materials and Fuels Research (Malibu)
Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Power Systems III: Safety, Licensing (San Simeon A)
Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis in Reactor Physics (Carmel)
Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) Workshop Innovative Cladding and Core Materials (Avila A)

Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)

Two-Phase and Boiling Flows: Experiment, Modeling and Simulation: II (Manhattan)
Molten-Salt Reactor Thermal Hydraulics: II (Redondo)
Modeling Combustion and Fires (San Simeon B)

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)

Experiments and Benchmarks: II (El Capitan A)
Codes, Data, and Methods: IV (Laguna A)

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

Modeling and Simulation (Huntington A)
Liquid Metal Plasma Facing Components (Huntington B/C)

2:45PM PDT

Events

Coffee Break (Pacific C) — Breaks and Meals

3:00PM PDT

Events

ANS-2.36, Accident Analysis for Aircraft Crash into Hazardous Facilities (Monterey) — Committee Meetings

3:15PM PDT

Sessions

2022 ANS Annual Meeting

Materials Science and Technology: General (Malibu)
Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Power Systems IV: Salt-Cooled Reactors, Deployment (San Simeon A)

Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)

Machine Learning for Reactor Thermal Hydraulics: Progresses, Challenges, and Opportunities (San Simeon B)
Multiphysics-Coupled Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis Methods (Manhattan)
Gas-Cooled Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (Redondo)
Small Modular Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (Palos Verdes A/B)

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)

Experiments and Benchmarks: III (El Capitan A)
Codes, Data, and Methods: V (Laguna A)

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

Poster Session (Pacific B)

Events

Annual Business Meeting (Pacific A) — Committee Meetings
Business Meeting (Pacific A) — Events

5:00PM PDT

Events

TAE Technologies Virtual Tour (Huntington BC) — Events

6:00PM PDT

Events

NCSD Award Dinner (NCSD Attendees) (Grand Theater Grand Ballroom) — Events

Thursday — June 16, 2022

7:00AM PDT

Events

Registration desk hours 7:00 am-12:00 pm (Pacific Foyer) — Registration Desk Hours

7:30AM PDT

Events

Continental Breakfast (Pacific C) — Breaks and Meals

8:00AM PDT

Sessions

Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)

NCSD 2022 Closing Plenary: Summary of the Meeting and a Look at What’s Next (Laguna A)

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

TOFE Plenary III–Panel Discussion: The need and challenges for a Fusion Prototypic Neutron Source (Huntington B/C)

Events

ANS Board Meeting (Pacific A) — Committee Meetings

9:45AM PDT

Events

Coffee Break (Pacific C) — Breaks and Meals

10:15AM PDT

Sessions

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

Magnets/ Diagnostics (Huntington A)
Fusion Prototypic Neutron Source I: Neutron Source Concepts and Materials Characterization (Huntington B/C)

12:00PM PDT

Events

Lunch on Own — Breaks and Meals

1:00PM PDT

Sessions

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

Disruption Mitigation (Huntington A)
Fusion Prototypic Neutron Source II: Consequences of Fusion Neutron Irradiation and Transmutation in Materials (Huntington B/C)

3:15PM PDT

Sessions

Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)

Liquid Breeder Blankets (Huntington A)
Fusion Prototypic Neutron Source III: Transmutation Modeling and Small Specimen Testing Techniques (Huntington B/C)

Monday — June 20, 2022

8:00AM PDT

Events

Accelerator Applications Division (AAD) Executive Committee Meeting (Virtual) (Virtual) — Committee Meetings