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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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IAEA: Gunfire, drone attack at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency team at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) reported hearing gunfire near the site this morning while a drone hit the plant’s training center.
In a news release today, IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi said this is the third drone to target the training center, located just outside the site perimeter, so far this year. He called for an immediate end to drones being flown over or near nuclear facilities.
Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Palm A
Session Chair:
Dennis W. Henneke
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Aslak Stubsgaard
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The Co-Evolution of the GE-Hitachi BWRX-300 Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Plant Design
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Nathan DeKett (GE - Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Dennis Henneke (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Paper
Application of the GIF Safety Design Criteria and Safety Design Guidelines on Decay Heat Removal System to Next Generation Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor in Japan
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Hidemasa Yamano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Satoshi Futagami (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Koichi Higurashi (Mitsubishi FBR Systems, Inc.)
Application of the RMPS+ Method to the BWRX-300 Isolation Condenser System: An Introduction
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Tyra Gordon (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Nathan DeKett (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Dennis Henneke (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Jonathan Li (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Development and Demonstration of a Prototype Molten Salt Sampling System
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Paul Marotta (Vanderbilt Univ.), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Application of the GIF Safety Design Criteria and Safety Design Guidelines on Reactor Shutdown System to Next Generation Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor in Japan
11:20–11:40AM PDT
Hidemasa Yamano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Satoshi Futagami (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Akihiro Shibata (Mitsubishi FBR Systems, Inc.)
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