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Take steps on SNF and HLW disposal
Matt Bowen
With a new administration and Congress, it is time once again to ponder what will happen—if anything—on U.S. spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste management policy over the next few years. One element of the forthcoming discussion seems clear: The executive and legislative branches are eager to talk about recycling commercial SNF. Whatever the merits of doing so, it does not obviate the need for one or more facilities for disposal of remaining long-lived radionuclides. For that reason, making progress on U.S. disposal capabilities remains urgent, lest the associated radionuclide inventories simply be left for future generations to deal with.
In March, Rick Perry, who was secretary of energy during President Trump’s first administration, observed that during his tenure at the Department of Energy it became clear to him that any plan to move SNF “required some practical consent of the receiving state and local community.”1
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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