Energy & Sustainability

2026 ANS Annual Conference

With the theme of “Net Out & Power Up”, this year's ANS Annual Conference explores the pivotal moment facing nuclear energy. The fusion sector is racing to achieve net energy gain, while the fission industry is focused on scaling up commercial advanced nuclear systems to deliver real value. Bringing together leaders from across fusion and fission, this year’…

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15Speakers
36Sponsors
36Exhibitors
12Sessions
69Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at 2026, in alphabetical order.

Alexander Valys
Xcimer
Amir Vexler
Centrus Energy Corporation
Amy Roma
Moderator · Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Craig Piercy
CEO · ANS
H.M. Hashemian
President 2025-2026 · ANS
Ho Nieh
Chairman · U.S. NRC
Jean-Luc Palayer
Orano USA
Jenifer Shafer
Colorado School of Mines
Michael Goff
U.S. DOE Office of Nuclear Energy
Michl Binderbauer
TAE Technologies
Pietro Barabaschi
ITER Organization
Rita Baranwal
Radiant
Sarah Riedel
Urenco, Inc.
Seth Grae
Lightbridge
Steven Cowley
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Amentum
AMS
Centrus Energy Corp.
Clearpath
Constellation
Core Power
Dominion Engineering
Duke Energy
Element Nuclear
Exosens
Fissionaire
Global Laser Enrichment
Hooper Welding Enterprises Ltd.
Kiewit
Lightbridge
Mirion Technologies
Mirion Technologies (Mirion & Paragon)
Navarro
Nuclear Energy Institute
Nuscale
Oklo
Oklo Inc.
Orano USA
Orrick
Paragon
PRIME ENGINEERING LLC
Radiant
Southern Nuclear
Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.
Studsvik
Studsvik Scandpower
TerraPower
Type One Energy
United Cleanup Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR)
Urenco
X-Energy

Agenda

Selected from 12 sessions.

  • Monday, June 1 | 6:00-8:00 pm

    MSTD Evening Reception

  • Monday, June 1 | 6:00-9:00 pm

    OPD Dinner

  • Monday, June 1 | 6:00-9:00 pm

    TOFE Reception & Social

  • Monday, June 1 | 8:00-10:00 am

    ANS Opening Plenary

  • Sunday, May 31 | 1:00-5:00 pm

    Advanced Reactor International Safeguards Workshop

  • Sunday, May 31 | 1:00-5:00 pm

    Griffin Workshop

  • Sunday, May 31 | 1:00-5:00 pm

    Radiation Transport with the PENTRAN Simulation Suite Workshop

  • Sunday, May 31 | 5:00-7:00 pm

    Opening Reception in the Exhibit Hall

  • Thursday, June 4 | 8:15-10:45 am

    Technical Tour of Xcimer Energy’s Phoenix Laser Facility

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 69 companies show up, and 15 bet on three roles at once?

69 companies. fifteen are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
15All threespeak · spons · exh
20Sponsoringsponsor only
25Exhibitingexhibitor only
9Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Orano USA·Element Nuclear·Exosens·Fissionaire·Hooper Welding Enterprises Ltd.·Mirion Technologies (Mirion & Paragon)·Navarro·Oklo·PRIME ENGINEERING LLC·Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.·Type One Energy·Centrus Energy Corporation·Lightbridge·Radiant·Urenco

Speakers by seniority

7% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite17%
  • Other roles1493%

Of 15 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Orano USASponsorExhibitor1
2Element NuclearSponsorExhibitor-
3ExosensSponsorExhibitor-
4FissionaireSponsorExhibitor-
5Hooper Welding Enterprises Ltd.SponsorExhibitor-
6Mirion Technologies (Mirion & Paragon)SponsorExhibitor-
7NavarroSponsorExhibitor-
8OkloSponsorExhibitor-
9PRIME ENGINEERING LLCSponsorExhibitor-
10Structural Integrity Associates, Inc.SponsorExhibitor-
11Type One EnergySponsorExhibitor-
12Centrus Energy CorporationSponsor1
13LightbridgeSponsor1
14RadiantSponsor1
Sponsors by tier
unspecified36
100% of 36

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