Don’t miss it: Student Conference Q&A webinar

Next Wednesday, February 18, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. (EST), eight speakers from Texas A&M University involved in the upcoming ANS Student Conference 2026 will hold an online Q&A to discuss the upcoming event.

During this informal, drop-in session, students will be able to stop by and ask any questions they might have regarding what to expect at the conference.

Click here to register for the webinar.

The panelists: This Q&A is being hosted by the Texas A&M University ANS Student Conference Planning Committee, each member of which is enrolled in the university's Nuclear Engineering Department. The following committee members will be at the webinar:

• Kira Burt, undergraduate executive cochair
• Brindley Wade, graduate executive cochair
• Carlo Dal Colletto, technical chair
• Daniel Jata, finance cochair
• Mason Burdett, finance cochair
• Adrian Silva, logistics chair
• Chimaobi Ajaero, accommodations and catering chair
• Madalyn Oliver, communications chair

The conference: The 2026 ANS Student Conference will take place April 16-18 in College Station, Texas. This year's theme is "Don't Mess with Nuclear," reflecting both the resilience and responsibility that define the pursuit of nuclear technology. From Thursday to Saturday, the conference will feature an exciting lineup of workshops, tours, events, and presentations.

Registration for the conference is now open. Click here to learn more and register.

Particularly noteworthy are the 11 different tours planned at and near Texas A&M:

• The Molten Salt Research Reactor at Abilene Christian University, an advanced reactor project being built in partnership with Natura Resources and the Department of Energy.
• The Nuclear Science Center, Accelerator Laboratory, and Heat Transfer Systems Laboratory at Texas A&M, which features the university's 1-MWt TRIGA reactor.
• The Deep Borehole Demonstration Center, a nonprofit facility dedicated to studying deep borehole drilling and nuclear waste storage technologies.
• The facilities of Aalo Atomics, another partner in the DOE's Reactor Pilot Program.
• Comanche Peak nuclear power plant, which features two 1,200-MWe pressurized water reactors.
• South Texas Project nuclear power plant, another two-unit PWR in southern Texas.
• Texas A&M's George H.W. Bush Presidential Library.
• Texas A&M's RELLIS facilities, where attendees will have the opportunity to tour energy research laboratories and the Energy Proving Grounds, where four advanced reactors will be placed on Texas A&M land.
• Texas A&M's NuScale Simulator & Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory, where students will get the chance to see what advanced reactor operation looks like.
• Texas A&M's Cyclotron Institute, the university's world-class particle accelerator facility.
• Texas A&M's Fuel Cycle Materials Laboratory and Electron Beam Food Research Facility.