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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Panelists discuss U.S. path to criticality in ANS webinar
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a panel discussion featuring prominent figures from the nuclear sector who discussed the industry’s ongoing push for criticality.
Yasir Arafat, chief technical officer of Aalo Atomics; Jordan Bramble, CEO of Antares Nuclear; and Rita Baranwal, chief nuclear officer of Radiant Industries, participated in the discussion and covered their recent progress in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program. Nader Satvat, director of nuclear systems design at Kairos Power, gave an update on the company’s ongoing demonstration projects taking place outside of the landscape of DOE authorization.
Plenary Session
Wednesday, October 9, 2024|10:30AM–12:00PM MDT|Arena
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The promise of practical fusion energy is a common theme in the news today. There are government funded activities as well as privately-funded activities, with investment in the latter growing to over seven billion U.S. dollars. Fusion energy promises to provide clean and globally accessible energy. This panel, representing both government and private entities, will discuss the challenges to deployment of fusion energy, and how those challenges can be overcome, as well the potential timelines to realization of practical fusion energy.
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