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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Chris Wagner: The role of Eden Radioisotopes in the future of nuclear medicine
Chris Wagner has more than 40 years of experience in nuclear medicine, beginning as a clinical practitioner before moving into leadership roles at companies like Mallinckrodt (now Curium) and Nordion. His knowledge of both the clinical and the manufacturing sides of nuclear medicine laid the groundwork for helping to found Eden Radioisotopes, a start-up venture that intends to make diagnostic and therapeutic raw material medical isotopes like molybdenum-99 and lutetium-177.
Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm B
Session Chair:
Dennis Henneke (GE)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
David S. Grabaskas
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Integrating PRA into the Conceptual and Preliminary Design Phases of an Advanced Reactor Project
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Thomas Morgan (Enercon Services), Dennis Henneke (GE Hitachi), Jonathan Li (GE Hitachi), Raymond Dremel (GE Hitachi)
Paper
Some Special Topics for the SMR Emergency Planning
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Dan Serbanescu (Group of Risk Analyses GLERUNR), Petre Min (Group of Risk Analyses GLERUNR)
Presented by Dennis Henneke (GE Hitachi)
Aalo Atomics' High Level Licensing Strategy
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Asmaa S. Farag (NCSU), Amir Afzali (Aalo Atomics), Yasir Arafat (Aalo Atomics), Matt Loszak (Aalo Atomics), Arjun Earthperson (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Licensing Advanced Reactor Designs: Leveraging Operating History to Develop Creative Solutions in Addressing Future Focus Areas
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Qin Pan (Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Sunil D. Weerakkody (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Insights from Multi-Unit Level 1, 2 and 3 Probabilistic Risk Assessment Results for Light-Water Reactor Designs - What Can Be Extrapolated to Advanced Reactor Designs?
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Susan E. Cooper (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Erick Ball (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Trey Hathaway (US Nuclear Regulatory Commision), Keith Compton (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Selim Sancaktar (Retired), Alan Kuritzky (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Latonia Enos-Sylla (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
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