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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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ADP on track to complete major D&D work at Crystal River-3 this summer
Advanced Decommissioning Partners, a joint venture of NorthStar Group Services and Orano USA, is set to complete major decommissioning activities at Crystal River-3 nuclear power plant in Florida this summer, according to the license termination plan (LTP) the company submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm A
Session Chair:
Matthew Denman (Kairos Power)
Alternate Chair:
Aslak Stubsgaard
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Literature Review of Preliminary Initiating Events for a Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Conceptual Design
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Irfan Ibrahim (Vanderbilt Univ.), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics), John Bolin (General Atomics), Eric Thornsbury (EPRI)
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On the Applicability of the General Transient Initiating Event Group for Advanced Reactors
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Mostafa Hamza (NCSU), Huafei Liao (X-energy), Mark Cursey (Jensen Hughes), Karl Fleming (Technology Insights), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
The State of Art of the Human Failure Events Dependency Analysis Methods
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Mostafa Hamza (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Management of Risks Associated with Application of Novel Materials in Novel Operating Environments in Novel Reactor Designs
4:15–4:35PM PDT
R. Youngblood (INL), S. Ferrara (INL)
Risk Metrics for Advanced Reactors
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Eric Thornsbury (EPRI), Stephen Hess (Jensen Hughes), Jeffrey Julius (Jensen Hughes), Chloe Howard (Jensen Hughes)
Presented by Doug Hance (EPRI)
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