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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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On moving fast and breaking things
Craig Piercycpiercy@ans.org
So much of what is happening in federal nuclear policy these days seems driven by a common approach popularized in the technology sector. Silicon Valley calls it “move fast and break things,” a phrase originally associated with Facebook’s early culture under Mark Zuckerberg. The idea emerged in the early 2000s as software companies discovered that rapid iteration, frequent experimentation, and a willingness to tolerate failure could dramatically accelerate innovation. This philosophy helped drive the growth of the social media, smartphones, cloud computing, and digital platforms that now underpin modern economic and social life.
Today, that mindset is also influencing federal nuclear policy. The Trump administration views accelerated nuclear deployment as part of a broader competition with China for technological and AI leadership. In that context, it seems willing to accept greater operational risk in pursuit of strategic advantage and long-term economic and security objectives.
Technical Session|Coordination Chemistry
Monday, September 9, 2024|11:00AM–12:30PM EDT|Colonial Ballroom
Session Chair:
Xavier Gaona
Alternate Chair:
Kiel S. Holliday
Session Organizer:
Jason R. Jeffries
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Isolation and Reactivity of High-Valent Neptunium and Plutonium Complexes: Design Principles from Early f-Element Complexes
11:00–11:30AM EDT
Henry S. La Pierre (Georgia Tech), Kaitlyn S. Otte (Georgia Tech), Julie E. Niklas (Georgia Tech), Haruko Tateyama (Georgia Tech), Andrew C. Boggiano (Georgia Tech), Chad M. Studvick (Univ. Akron), Sabyasachi Roy Chowdhury (Univ. South Dakota), Bess Vlaisavljevich (Univ. South Dakota), Ivan A. Popov (Univ. Akron)
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Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analyses of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Isostructural Neptunium and Plutonium Complexes
11:30–11:50AM EDT
Kaitlyn S. Otte (Georgia Tech), Julie E. Niklas (Georgia Tech), Chad M. Studvick (Univ. Akron), Charlotte L. Montgomery (Univ. North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Alexandria R.C. Bredar (Univ. North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Sabyasachi Roy Chowdhury (Univ. South Dakota), Bess Vlaisavlejevich (Univ. South Dakota), Ivan A. Popov (Univ. Akron), Henry La Pierre (Georgia Tech)
Plutonium Coordination Compounds with Hard, Soft, and Mixed Donor Ligands
11:50AM–12:10PM EDT
Joseph M. Sperling (Colorado School of Mines)
Transuranic Coordination Chemistry in Inorganic Acids and Bases
12:10–12:30PM EDT
Jennifer N. Wacker (Berkeley Lab)
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