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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Senate EPW Committee to hold Nieh nomination hearing
Nieh
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a nomination hearing Wednesday for Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as commission at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Trump nominated Nieh on July 30 to serve as NRC commissioner the remainder of a term that will expire June 30, 2029, as Nuclear NewsWire previously reported.
Nieh has been vice president of regulatory affairs at Southern Nuclear since 2021, though since June 2024 he has been at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations as a loaned executive.
A return to the NRC: If confirmed by the Senate, Nieh would be returning to the NRC after three previous stints totaling nearly 20 years.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:15PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom G
Session Chair:
Hyun Gook Kang
Alternate Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Improving Motor Reliability for Nuclear Systems by Sensorless Temperature Estimation
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Samrendra Roy (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sajedul Talukder (University of Texas EL Paso), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Digital Protective Relays Demonstrate Superior Reliability and Improve System Performance
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Stephen Middlekauff (SEL, Inc.), Adrian Genz (SEL, Inc.)
Assessment of the State of Practice for Using Operating Experience for Digital Systems for Nuclear Power Plants
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Derek Halverson (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), David Rahn (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Ismael Garcia (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Presented by Dinesh Taneja (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Simulation of Electrical System Event Propagation in Nuclear Power Plants Using Modelica
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Kyle Warns (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Hyun Gook Kang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Application of IEC 62003 for Electromagnetic Compatibility of I&C and Electrical Equipment
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Chad Kiger (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.)
Integrating STPA to NPP Systems Engineering Processes
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Josepha Berger (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.), Akira King (Aalto University), Antti Pakonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.)
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