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On moving fast and breaking things
Craig Piercycpiercy@ans.org
So much of what is happening in federal nuclear policy these days seems driven by a common approach popularized in the technology sector. Silicon Valley calls it “move fast and break things,” a phrase originally associated with Facebook’s early culture under Mark Zuckerberg. The idea emerged in the early 2000s as software companies discovered that rapid iteration, frequent experimentation, and a willingness to tolerate failure could dramatically accelerate innovation. This philosophy helped drive the growth of the social media, smartphones, cloud computing, and digital platforms that now underpin modern economic and social life.
Today, that mindset is also influencing federal nuclear policy. The Trump administration views accelerated nuclear deployment as part of a broader competition with China for technological and AI leadership. In that context, it seems willing to accept greater operational risk in pursuit of strategic advantage and long-term economic and security objectives.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Thursday, June 17, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EDT
Session Chair:
Katya Le Blanc (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
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Mich Leana (ANS)
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Integration of the Asherah NPP Simulator into a Closed-Loop Digital Twin Environment for Cybersecurity Assessment
R. Busquim e Silva (IAEA), J.R.C. Piqueira (Univ. of Sao Paulo), R. P. Marques (Univ. of Sao Paulo)
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Development of a Hardware-in-the-Loop Fancy Testbed to Support Cybersecurity Research, Training, and Education for Nuclear Power Plants
Fan Zhang (Univ. of Tennessee), Christopher Spirito (INL), Ronald Boring (INL), Stacy Baskin (Southern Nuclear Operating Co.), Jamie Coble (Univ. of Tennessee), Scott Ruoti (Univ. of Tennessee)
Developing a Compact Cybersecurity Testbed Using Raspberry Pi Emulated PLC
Fan Zhang (Univ. of Tennessee), Trent Payne (Univ. of Tennessee), Blake Childress (Univ. of Tennessee)
Automated Cyber Security Testing Platform for Industrial Control Systems
Andrew Hahn (Sandia National Laboratories), Daniel R. Sandoval (Sandia National Laboratories), Raymond E. Fasano (Sandia National Laboratories), Christopher Lamb (Sandia National Laboratories)
Creation of a Condenser Testbed for Hardware in the Loop Testing Using the Asherah Simulator
Joel Strandburg (Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell), Collin Duffley (Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell), Sukesh Aghara (Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell)
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