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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Miami/Scottsdale
Session Chair:
Sajedul Talukder
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Adopting CAE: A Deployment Approach for a Performance-Based Nuclear Industry
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Ben Phillips (Adelard, Part of NCC Group), Panayiota Sketsiou (Adelard, Part of NCC Group), Robin Bloomfield (Adelard, Part of NCC Group), Mark Bowell (Office for Nuclear Regulation), Silke Kuball (EDF Nuclear Services)
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First of a Kind Use of an Assurance Case in NEI 20-07 to Address Common Cause Failure
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Andrew Nack (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Simon Diemert (Critical Systems Labs Inc.), Alan Campbell (Nuclear Energy Institute)
Modernization Options for Maintaining Independence of Class 1E Circuits
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Franklin Hope (Jensen Hughes), Dane Lovelace (Jensen Hughes)
Use of FPGA Tools for Digital I&C Implementations
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Steve Yang (NuScale Power), Yin Guo (NuScale Power)
Update on C&S Work - Commercial vs. Nulcear Grade Components
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Johannes Pickelmann (Framatome GmbH)
IEC Standards for Nuclear Power - Developments and Orientations Within IEC SC45A: Instrumentation, Control and Electrical Power Systems of Nuclear Facilities
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Alexander John Wigg (EDF Technical Direction)
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