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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 THD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Kevin R. Robb
Alternate Chair:
Dillon R. Shaver
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Janet Davis (American Nuclear Society)
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Thermophysical Property Measurements of Molten Salts: Perspectives on Fuel and Irradiated Salts
Ryan C. Gallagher (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Nick Russell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Alex Martin (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), N. Dianne B. Ezell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Simulation and Analysis of a Prototypical Xenon Removal System
Jiaqi Chen (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Caleb S. Brooks (University of Illinois)
Design Overview of the Facility to Alleviate Salt Technology Risks (FASTR)
Kevin R. Robb (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Seth Baird (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Padhraic L. Mulligan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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