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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Access anywhere, anytime: Nuclear power, Ice Camp, and Rickover’s enduring standard of excellence
Admiral William Houston
As U.S. Navy submarines surface through Arctic ice during Ice Camp 2026, they demonstrate more than operational proficiency in one of the harshest environments on Earth. They reaffirm a technological truth first proven in August 1958, when the USS Nautilus completed its submerged transit of the North Pole: nuclear power enables access anywhere, anytime.
The Arctic is unforgiving, with vast distances, extreme cold, shifting ice, and no logistical infrastructure. Conventional propulsion is constrained by fuel, air, and endurance. Nuclear propulsion removes those constraints. Only a nuclear-powered submarine can operate anywhere in the world’s oceans, including under the polar ice, undetected and at maximum capability for extended periods. Nuclear power provides sustained high speed and the endurance to reposition across the globe without refueling.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Operation, Performance and Reliability Management
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Palm D
Session Chair:
Melanie Joseph (Studsvik)
Session Organizers:
Chad J. Boyer (EPRI)
Track Organizers:
Alternate Chair:
Temi Adeyeye (TerraPower)
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Build-To-Replace Strategy to Reduce the O&M Costs of Advanced Reactors
10:00–10:20AM PDT
D. Mandelli (INL), A. Sowder (EPRI)
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Methods and Tools to Assess Robustness of Nuclear Plant Outages
10:20–10:40AM PDT
D. Mandelli (INL), A. Al Rashdan (INL), C. Wang (INL), S. St. Germain (INL), S. Lawrence (INL), N. Mapes (INL), J. Cogliati (INL)
A Knowledge Graph Approach to Analyze Systems and Assets Health
10:40–11:00AM PDT
D. Mandelli (INL), C. Wang (INL), J. Cogliati (INL), V. Agarwal (INL), C.M. Godbole (INL)
Investigation of Deposits on Filter Element of Primary Gas Circulators in HTTR
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Toshinari Hasegawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Satoru Nagasumi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Takahiro Nemoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kunihiro Nakajima (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Keisuke Yokoyama (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Yusuke Fujiwara (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Ryoki Arakawa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Kazuhiko Iigaki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Hiroyuki Inoi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Taiki Kawamoto (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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