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NRC reorganization update: Changes will begin this summer
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is moving forward with its plans to reorganize around three core business lines: new reactors, operating reactors, and nuclear materials and waste. In order to do that, the agency will establish two new offices: the Office of Advanced Reactors (OAR) and the Office of the Chief Nuclear Reactor Inspector (CNRI).
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Zachary Spielman (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Janet Davis (ANS)
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Validation of VERA Software for Nuclear Power Plant Life Extension Applications
J. R. Houser (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), S. N. Tyler (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), T. J. Cole (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), W. H. Ferrell (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.)
Paper
A Recursive Data-Driven Approach to State Variable Selection and Digital Twin Derivation
Haoyu Wang (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL), Richard B. Vilim (ANL), Andrea Alfonsi (INL), Cristian Rabiti (INL)
Use of the Extended Kalman Filter for Cybersecurity Assessment in a Closed-Loop Digital Twin Testbed
R. Busquim e Silva (IAEA), J.R. C. Piqueira (Univ. of Sao Paulo), R. P. Marques (Univ. of Sao Paolo)
Explainable and Trustworthy Diagnostics Achievable Through Process-Based Automated Reasoning
R. Vilim (ANL), T. Nguyen (ANL), R. Ponciroli (ANL)
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