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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today, Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as a commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was urged to maintain the agency’s independence regardless of political pressure from the Trump administration.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Purdue/Wisconsin
Session Chair:
Stanley H. Levinson
Alternate Chair:
Ricky Summitt
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
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NEI 24-05: Risk-Informed Performance-Based Emergency Planning
3:15–3:35PM CDT
David Grabaskas (ANL), David Young (Nuclear Energy Institute), Karl N. Fleming (KNF Consulting Services LLC), Robert Kahler (Consultant), Amir Afzali (Aalo Atomics), Ben Chen (ANL), Dennis W. Henneke (GE Hitachi), Brandon M. Chisholm (Southern Company), Parthasarathy Chandran (Aalo Atomics)
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Risk-Informed Emergency Planning Zone for Sodium Cooled Reactors: EBR-II Case Study
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Asmaa S. Farag (Nuclear Installations Safety Division), Yahya A. Alzahrani (NCSU), Parthasarathy Chandran (Aalo Atomics), Amy Whitley (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Regulations to Impede Nuclear Accident Response
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Gerry W. Kindred (Tennessee Valley Authority), George Apostolakis (Nuclear Risk Research Center, Tokyo), Wolday Abrha (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), Seong D. Kim (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Elizabeth Langille (TVA)
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