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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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RIC session focuses on interagency collaboration
Attendees at last week’s 2026 Regulatory Information Conference, hosted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, saw extensive discussion of new reactor technologies, uprates, fusion, multiunit deployments, supply chain, and much more.
With the industry in a state of rapid evolution, there was much to discuss. Connected to all these topics was one central theme: the ongoing changes at the NRC. With massively shortened timelines, the ADVANCE Act and Executive Order 14300, and new interagency collaboration and authorization pathways in mind, speakers spent much of the RIC exploring what the road ahead looks like for the NRC.
M. J. F. Notley, J. R. MacEwan
Nuclear Technology | Volume 2 | Number 6 | December 1966 | Pages 477-480
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT66-A27540
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Measurements of the fission-product gas pressure in UO2 fuel elements during irradiation have shown that a significant amount of gas is released during power transients. The gas appears to he released as the element power is decreased to zero during reactor shutdown; little release occurs as the power is raised at startup. It is postulated that gas trapped in bubbles or in a central void is released by cracking or stress-induced movement during the power transient.
