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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.
Chaitanyamoy Ganguly, Parameshwar Venkappa Hegde, Gyan Chand Jain, Uddharan Basak, Radhey Shyam Mehrotra, Sukomal Majumdar, Pradip Ranjan Roy
Nuclear Technology | Volume 72 | Number 1 | January 1986 | Pages 59-69
Technical Paper | Nuclear Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33753
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Mixed uranium-plutonium monocarbide (MC) with a controlled amount of mixed sesquicarbide (M2C3) will be used as driver fuel for the first time in the world in the fast breeder test reactor (FBTR) at Kalpakkam, India. The mixed-carbide fuel for the FBTR has been developed on the basis of indigenous resources of plutonium and natural uranium and has a plutonium-rich composition [Pu/(U + Pu) = 0.7], The mixed-carbide fuel development and fabrication experience in Trombay is described, highlighting the essential features of the carbide fuel pellet fabrication plant, the carbothermic synthesis of MC from the oxides (UO2 + PuO2), and the sintering of MC.
