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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC approves St. Lucie SLRs
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved subsequent license renewals for St. Lucie Units 1 and 2, extending the operating licenses for the pressurized water reactors by another 20 years.
Tuesday’s approval means that the 1,062-MWe Unit 1 and 1,074-MWe Unit 2 can now operate until March 1, 2056, and April 6, 2063, respectively. Unit 1 commenced operations in 1976 and Unit 2 in 1983. With the original 40-year operating licenses and first 20-year renewals, these second 20-year renewals bring the reactors’ lifespan to 80 years.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Chicago Ballroom E
Session Chair:
Rodney Busquim e Silva
Alternate Chair:
Xingang Zhao (UTK)
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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Development of an Integrated Small Modular Reactor Simulator for Cybersecurity and Capacity Building in Advanced Nuclear Technologies
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Rodney Busquim e Silva (IAEA), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia), David Allison (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology), Gustavo Berman (National Atomic Energy Commission), Paul Smith (Lancaster University), Ricardo Paulino Marques (University of Sao Paulo)
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OAPS System - Real Time Predictive System for Flexible Operation of Nuclear Plants
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Eric Corrieri (Framatome), Alain Grossetete (Framatome)
Development and Applications of APR1400 MMIS Virtualization Simulator for NPP
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Min-seok Kim (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.), Ho Sun Ryu (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.), Sungjin Lee (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.)
DPC - Digital Plant Companion; Transforming Use Cases for a Nuclear Specific Operating Support System
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Nico Schuster (Framatome), Wolfgang Krause (Framatome), Anna Engelbrecht (Framatome)
Proposing a Demographic Approach to Enhancing Evacuation Simulations (PRISM)
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Geon Kim (Kyung Hee Univ.), Minho Hwang (Kyung Hee Univ.), Sungmin Han (Kyung Hee Univ.), Joonseok Lim (Kyung Hee Univ.), Gyunyoung Heo (Kyung Hee Univ.)
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