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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Monday, June 16, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom F
Session Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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Regulatory Challenges and Potential Path Forward for Integrating Advanced Cybersecurity in Nuclear Reactors
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Michael T. Rowland (Sandia National Laboratories), Benjamin Karch (Sandia National Laboratories), Titus Gray (Sandia National Laboratories)
Paper
On the Control of Nonlinear Systems Using DIOD
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Tyler J. Lewis (Purdue Univ.), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)
Development of a Physical Reactor Loop Testbed for Cybersecurity
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Max Goddard (Georgia Institute of Technology), Jacob Faile (Georgia Institute of Technology), Jackson Stahl (Georgia Institute of Technology), Fan Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology)
A QRNG-Based Quantum Cryptography Testbed for Secure Nuclear Reactor Monitoring
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Vasileios Theos (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Implementing Complementary Defensive Strategies in Defensive Cybersecurity Architectures
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Lee T. Maccarone (Sandia National Laboratories), Jenna deCastro (Sandia National Laboratories), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia National Laboratories)
Integrity Enhancing Protocols: Performance and Recommendations for Nuclear Systems
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Christopher C. Lamb (Sandia National Laboratories), Adam Beauchaine (Sandia National Laboratories), Rom Valme (Sandia National Laboratories), Minami Tanaka (Sandia National Laboratories)
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