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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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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)
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Modernizing the Nuclear Industry and New Ways of Working
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Zachary Spielman (INL), Asgeir Drøivoldsmo (Institute for Energy Technology), Trond Lilleng (Institute for Energy Technology), Jason Remer (INL)
Digital Transformation for the Existing Fleet: Where to Start?
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Anna Hall (INL), Michelle Velazquez (Idaho State Univ.), Ryan Spangler (INL), Patrick Murray (EQRPI Inc), Zachary Spielman (INL), Jeffrey Joe (INL)
Development of a Human Factors Engineering Maturity Method for the Nuclear Domain
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Jari Laarni (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Principles Emerging from Control Room Modernization Planning
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Stephen J. Kenney (BCP Engineers & Consultants), Tyrone S. Tonkinson (NA)
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