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2022 ANS Annual Meeting
June 12–16, 2022
Anaheim, CA|Anaheim Hilton
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Cost drivers of nuclear steam cycle construction
Interest in reducing carbon emissions around the world continues to climb. As a complement to the increasing deployment of variably generating renewables, advanced nuclear is commonly shown in net-zero grid modeling for 2050 because it represents firm electricity production that can flex in output with load demands.1 However, these projections are challenged by the high levelized cost of electricity associated with legacy nuclear construction, which is often more than double that of modern combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|3:30–5:15PM (4:30–6:15PM EDT)
Session Chair:
Padhraic L. Mulligan
Alternate Chair:
Josh Daw (INL)
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (ANS)
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A JFET-Based Radiation-Hardened Sensing and Communications Electronic System for Dry Cask Instrumentation
F. Kyle Reed (ORNL), M. Nance Ericson (ORNL), N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL), Roger Kisner (ORNL), Lei Zuo (Virginia Polytechnic Univ.), Haifeng Zhang (Univ. of North Texas)
Summary
Non-Invasive Internal Monitoring of Dry Cask Storage Systems
Ryan M. Meyer (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Morris S. Good (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Ericka L. Forsi (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Christopher A. Hutchinson (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Francesco Luzi (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Samuel W. Glass (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Development Of Ultrasonic Densimeter And Viscometer For Fluid Characterization
Hongbin Sun (ORNL), Ryan C. Gallagher (ORNL), Vivek Rathod (ORNL), Pradeep Ramuhalli (ORNL)
Effect of ZrO2 Thin-Film Coatings on the Corrosion Resistance of AlN Piezoelectric Single Crystal Sensors
Sean Kerrigan (NC State Univ.), Mohamed Bourham (NC State Univ.), Howuk Kim (NC State Univ.), Xiaoning Jiang (NC State Univ.)
Ultrasonically Embedded Sensors for Microreactor Health Monitoring
Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL)
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