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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
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Chicago Ballroom G
Session Chair:
Anna Hall
Alternate Chair:
Jari O. Laarni
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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Adapting the Nuclear Industry to an Ageing Workforce
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Grace Routledge (Assystem)
Paper
Development of a Human Factors Engineering Maturity Method for the Nuclear Domain
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Jari O. Laarni (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Modernizing the Nuclear Industry and New Ways of Working
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Zachary Spielman (INL), Jason Remer (INL), Asgeir Drøivoldsmo (Institute for Energy Technology), Trond Lilleng (Institute for Energy Technology)
Principles Emerging from Control Room Modernization Planning
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Stephen J. Kenney (BCP Engineers & Consultants), Tyrone S. Tonkinson (NA)
Digital Transformation for the Existing Fleet: Where to Start?
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Anna Hall (INL), Michelle L. Velazquez (Idaho State), Ryan M. Spangler (University of Pittsburgh), Patrick Murray (EQRPI Inc), Zachary Spielman (INL), Jeffrey C. Joe (INL)
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