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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Deep Space: The new frontier of radiation controls
In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
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)
Paper
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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